PUNDITS THESE DAYS are quick to compare the fighting in Iraq with the American loss in Vietnam 30 years ago. Terms like “quagmire” evoke the Southeast Asian jungle, where America’s technological advantages were negated and committed Vietnamese guerrillas wore down the U.S. will to fight.

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