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How similar are they?
The main differences as I see them are in support for the resistance. Half the country was against us in both cases. In Vietnam, there was a uniting ideal behind the enemy forces - communism. There were also two major countries backing the Vietcong - China, with tides of troops, and Russia, with... well, I'm not exactly sure.
In Iraq there is no unifying ideology - those opposed range from sunni to shia, kurd to christian. Some are moderates, some radical. The stronger the insurgency becomes, the more apt it is to begin infighting as it looks like success is imminent.
In Vietnam, territory was held and fought over. In Iraq, we technically hold all the territory, and the actual landscape of power distribution depends merely on how we shift our forces.
It took many years for the death toll in Vietnam to reach 1000. It has taken just about 1 year in Iraq. Does this translate to thousands of deaths as the fighting continues? Or will this continue to occur in this spread - out method?
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