9. IMO VN and Iraq are really only similar because sunk-cost effect
drives the decision making. And the only reason we are stuck in a quagmire in both is because political leaders can't face the humiliation of saying it was a mistake.
So good money will chase bad money and more lives will be lost while the politicians seek to redefine "victory" in terms that allow quitting illuminated by the rosey spot light of "peace with honor."
The conflicts are quite different, as is the nature of geography
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