Xayd, your attempt at relating this Iraqi war to that of Vietnam is like comparing apples to oranges.
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We also tried to impose a government in Vietnam once, history seems to consider that attempt a failure.
I see no reason to think that we would have an easier time imposing a government in Iraq either.
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In Vietnam, you had an entire southern half of a country that was trying their hardest to be a free Democracy, and a very stubborn Communistic northern half that was determined not to let that happen. That is a very different situation than what we have in Iraq at current.
Iraq is full of people who rarely, if ever, buck the system in place. You don't hear of alot of uprisings (until today in Basra) between people or parties that want to change the style of government there. You don't have half of Iraq openly wanting a Democracy. They don't dare try this because of the merciless dictator that rules them. If they dare attempt to disobey his wishes, he has them tortured, raped, uses them as chemical and biological guinea pigs, and even kills them executioner style.
The US will win this war, because it's a just cause. It might not happen overnight, but it will happen because we have the right people in the driver's seat running our country, the right people planning the war strategies, and an overwhelming majority of opressed people in Iraq who are sick and tired of living under an evil dictator. My belief is that the public uprising in Basra today was just a beginning. As soon as word spreads around Iraq that civilians have finally stepped up, it will spread like wildfire. It will make our soldiers' jobs easier beyond belief, and we will be able to get on with the lengthy task of helping these people get re-established under a democracy of some type or another.