The irony was as thick as a San Francisco fog. Our President strolling down the red carpet, ready to shake the hands of Vietnam pols. Yes, George Bush.....

As a young man you couldn't get him near Hanoi, but today there it was smiling his familiar uncomfortable grin. The Vietnam military band played our Star Spangled Banner, right on key. If any English teacher was looking for an example of irony, they could just have their kids watch this farce on C.N.N. Out. Mike