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Originally posted by wonderwench
Oh please.
We ousted Saddam's regime in a matter of weeks; he is in custody - Vietnam lasted over a decade. 900 soldiers have died in Iraq compared to over 50,000 in Nam.
A transitional government is in place in Iraq - they are on track for an election early next year and finalization of a constitution by the end of 2005. Not too shabby by any historical benchmark.
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As I said, I agree that Iraq is not in the same class of conflict as Vietnam (obviously), but the active insurgency, the rising body count, the flimsy justifications and the waning popular support are all fair targets for drawing an analogy. We are allowed to use metaphors , right?
Regardless of that, I don't think that we're going to pull out our troops anytime soon. The series of air bases that we are building point to our continued presence there for quite a while. Things are progressing there, and I hope for the best, but there are still many questions to be answered and there is no sign of an end to the violence there, yet. Some outside force will need to be in Iraq for some time to come.
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The quagmire is in the minds of those who cannot move beyond their ideology to understand the facts.
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First "hating Bush" is my "religion," now I'm blinded by ideology. Could we cut back on the thinly-veiled, personal insults, please? I hardly think that my posts here have given you any basis for those opinions of me nor any idea of what type of person I am in Real Life. Could it be that those of different opinions may actually be rational, reasonable people? You often mention the illogical aggression of the left....perhaps you should shine that same light on yourself.