Four decades ago the Vietnam War led to millions of deaths throughout Indochina. 58,000 Americans were killed. The war generated enormous opposition in the U.S. Today the U.S. is in another war of aggression in Iraq. Mirroring the Vietnam happy talk of lights at ends of tunnels, General Peter Pace, the head of the Joint Chiefs announces that things in Iraq "are going very, very, well." The unprovoked U.S. attack has caused widespread death, destruction and civil strife. Sectarian violence is escalating. Virtually all non-Bush Administration sources say Iraq is fragmenting under the stress of invasion and occupation. Yet the president continues with his "stay the course" rhetoric. How many more Americans and Iraqis will die for a war that should never have been fought?

Anthony Arnove is the author of Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal. Amy Goodman is the host of Democracy Now!. Howard Zinn is the author of A People's History of the U.S.