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The lessons of Vietnam
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SINCE George Bush related American casualties in Iraq to the 1968
Tet Offensive, comparisons between Iraq and Vietnam have come thick
and fast. But if America had exerted itself even half as much in Iraq
as it did in Vietnam, the chances are Iraq would be stable by now.
The US struggled in Vietnam for 14 years before its final defeat.
It faced a tightly disciplined, politically unified national
liberation movement. By contrast while the insurgency in Iraq is a
mixture of brigandage, sectarian strife and jihadists whose de facto
measure of success is their impact on the media.
When America ...
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