During World War II German generals feared being assigned to the Russian or eastern front. This was always a joke in the old “Hogan’s Heroes” comedy. No joke this week for David Petraeus who had to face the “western front” in the war on terror. The enemy on the western front he faces is the democrats in Congress who have done everything within their power to lose the war in Iraq except cutting off funding.

For the democrats, what will it be? Over the summer their presidential candidates were all over the map. John Edwards said the war on terror was a bumpa sticka. B. Obama said let’s o’bomba Pakistan. Hillary will end the war in January 2009. But wait! She will leave 70,000 to 80,000 troops in Iraq! Dennis the Menace has a plan to end the war. He went to Syria, sure that they can help.

But their current plans won’t just end the war, they’ll lose the war. Even with the surge showing promising results the democrats choose to lose.  They are bent on hanging an Iraq defeat on George W. Bush. In 2002 there was a strong bi-partisan vote for the war resolution. That will teach us all to count on any Democrat to follow up their vote with support for our military. Within a few months after the overthrow of Sadam, Ted Kennedy was calling Iraq George Bush’s Vietnam.

The truth is democrats have willed for this war to turn out like Vietnam. Their accomplices in the corrupt mainstream media have kept a steady drumbeat of criticism against American actions. While jihadists were cutting off heads and committing acts of terrorism, our troops and leaders were trashed for keeping terrorists alive in prisons. John Kerry came through with criticizing the troops, just like when he returned from Vietnam. Hey, it’s déjà vu, all over again. The continuous whining, opposition to funding, and calls for retreat have emboldened the enemy. To borrow a title from an old book “None Dare Call It Treason”.

So I think the least we can do is reward democrats by calling them the “Party of Vietnam”. When the administration began to draw comparisons with Vietnam last month, the response from the democrats was fast and furious. “No comparison”! I think someone touched a nerve. We abandoned South Vietnam in 1975 when a democrat Congress would not fund aid to defend against an (illegal war?) attack by North Vietnam in violation of the peace treaty. Ted Kennedy led the way. America was disrespected around the world for its broken promises. We turned to Jimmy Carter, one of the most hapless presidents in history. Communism advanced around the world. Carter encouraged the fall of the Shah of Iran, and Iran went to war against us. That’s the kind of future we’re inviting if we put a democrat back in the White House in 2008.

General Patraeus returns to Iraq after being subjected to the enemy in Washington with their insults and pompous bloviations. Can we win this battle against two fronts? It’s been said America does not lose wars on foreign battlefields, but at home in Washington. The democrats will never say it but their actions say “We will let nothing stand in the way of defeat”.