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Anthony G Jones II
U.S. History/ Ron Scheneck
May 13, 2005
Vietnam was a country divided in half with the northern half possessing a government that had the backing of cold war superpowers.
The entire country of Iraq is under the control of the United States with pockets of "insurgents" holding approx. one city and three quarters of another. There is no opposing government or super power support.
The Viet Cong waged a guerilla war in the south by successfully infiltrating the countryside. Once again the Viet Cong was controlled by the north and had NVA (the regular army of North Vietnam) support and, indirectly, support from cold war super powers.
Iraq has some "insurgents", some are real, many are not. They are in a couple of cities, not the countryside. These insurgents have no safe haven with a separate Iraqi government. Many are foreign fighters hoping to destabilize the region. It is possible (even likely) that Syria and the Iranian governments are supplying jihadists......

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