I don't want to get too wound up in Iraq vs. Viet Nam comparisons...

[jrtom]

...since most of them tend to devolve to "is not!" "is too!" as if that were really the most important point (as opposed, to, say, trying to decide what we should be doing about the situation).

However, these are a couple of thoughtful articles (by the same author) that are worth reading.

http://www.time.com/time/world/printout/0,8816,1548897,00.html

http://tonykaron.com/2005/08/03/why-iraq-is-not-vietnam/


On a related note, this article seems to suggest that the militias aren't going anywhere, mostly because there's a perception among many Iraqis that they're the only ones that can really provide any kind of order, or at least protection:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/iraq/15805850.htm

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[paisleychick.livejournal.com]

George Soros had some interetsting things to say about what to do in Iraq in his talk at Google. You can watch it here. (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1580057051852280169)