It is very different from Vietnam. The Iraqi insurgents are not backed by the USSR, for one thing, andf their flow of munitions is bounded, unless the Jihad Complex breaks out like mad and all moderation is lost. What we must "stick it out" for is to desperately try and put the nation back on a footing of neghotiation and law, rather than fanatacism and force.

Going in their was very, very stupid. We could have educated the nation into peace in a decade or so for a fraction of the cost. There were other ways to emasculate Saddam's regime. Cartoon, for example.

But we chose the path of violence, under our brainless leadership, and we are stuck in a violent problem.

It is enough to drive me to prayer.

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