Yup. They've ignored the lessons of Vietnam. But the really bad news is they learned a bunch of stuff from the bad guys in another war, and it is appallingly effective. One of those tricks is to shout down anybody who brings up the word "quagmire" to describe the never-ending war, despite its appropropriateness in reality.
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Date: 2006-02-28 07:16 am (UTC)