I know the human being and the fish can coexist peacefully

Then: Walter Cronkite in his famous 1968 broadcast concluded of the Vietnam war that the US was "mired in stalement" .

Now: Katie Couric said this week of Iraq: "We hear so much about things going bad, but real progress has been made in terms of security and stability".

As much as I disagree with much of what Ron Paul, and Republicans in general, stand for I am weary of the Iraq debacle. I hope the baby will not be thrown out with the bath water.