Bush beats, and beats the horse. But we all know it is dead.

Today:

"Our strategy is clear in Iraq," Bush said during remarks in the Rose Garden that day. "We're on the offense. We have a plan to win."

1967:

"We will stand firm in Vietnam," Johnson asserted in his January 1967 State of the Union address.

"We are making progress," Johnson declared in a November 1967 televised address to the nation.

During a Dec. 23, 1967, visit to Vietnam, Johnson reported, "The enemy is not beaten, but he knows he has met his master in the field."

The same script, different actors, same ending. We have all seen this movie before.