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Article: Iraq picture today bleaker than Vietnam ever was.(Perspectives)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- April 23, 2004
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Bush policymakers recoil every time they hear the word Vietnam in the same sentence with Iraq. Nevertheless, the comparisons are apt and frightening.
Once again, the United States is sinking into quicksand in a foreign civil war with little or no understanding of the meaning of the moment, of local culture and history--and with no exit strategy in sight.
Actually, the Iraq picture today is bleaker than Vietnam ever was. This will become more apparent as we approach the politically motivated June 30 deadline for turning over authority to yet undisclosed Iraqi leaders.
Asked earlier this month by "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert to whom the ...