Why comparing Iraq to Vietnam is dangerous

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As bad as Vietnam was there was never any chance of that war being extended to America. That was not even a consideration back then.

But you just imagine in theory another country invading and occupying one of our states and our military not being strong enough to do anything about it. Also imagine that our perception was that our fellow brother and sister Americans in that state were being mistreated, as the natural recources of that state were being stolen from them. How would we react?

At first we would probably do nothing. But as time went on it would begin to eat at us knowing what was going on in that state, and wondering if our state would be next.

There are over 1 billion Muslims in this world, and I agree the great majority will not do anything about what is happening in Iraq right now. The problem is that even a small minority of a billion people who will do something is growing and is significant.

Do not think that the Islamic world has not seen and took notice of the terror that just one suicide bomber can create. Because they have. And if anyone does not think that for every day we stay in Iraq is a day that someone will break somewhere in the world and decide it is payback time for Americans, I am afraid you are in for a rude awakening.

This is not Vietnam. This is much worse. And it will get worse every day we stay there and Bush passes out huge contracts to his rich friends to rebuild the country that America just destroyed.

I am afraid before this is over we may be remembering the years during the Vietnam war as the good old days. Please don't kill the messenger.

Don