Claymore: I respect you and your opinions and realize that you are not going to respond to what I am saying but I disagree that the US won't again "put itself in a Vietnem mentality".

If Iraq pulls it's military back to Bagdad you will have two choices. Starve everyone out, which won't play too well on the world's satge of public opinion... or get into a street brawl. Vietnam was a street brawl held in rice paddies and thick jungles, but non the less a street brawl. Problem was, we seemed to alwayd be brawling on the others guys turf. What's the difference with Iraq? I mean, the enemy will look just like the civilians. The enemy will be holed up in on apartment building after another. Hey, sure, you can bring in an Apache gunship and kill lots of folks in those aartment buildings. Unfortunately, most will be civilians... Meanwhile, Saddam's guys will be ambushing our kids in the middle of the the streets.

Don't think so? Remember Vietnam for just one minute.

Back to the original point of the thread. It would be real interseting to see how amny of the folks in Washingotn who passed Bush's okay to *go it alone resolution* have served and how amny of their kids will be involved.

Food for thought...

Bobert