Why Iraq is not Vietnam

Okay, this going to be a simple lesson today, class. After two and a half years of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, the war was only just ramping up. After two and a half years of U.S. involvement in Iraq, we are slowly winding down. And don't try and fight me on the winding down part, because I'm right. No one in this administration is looking to send hundreds of thousands of additional troops to Iraq and expanding our role there (save your draft rumors for another sucker). In Vietnam, the Viet Cong and NVA were like a pack of wolves looking to attack us from its hiding spot. The Iraq insurgency is more like stray dogs nipping at our heels. The only thing similar between the two wars-a strain of American anti-Americanism that craves our defeat.