Iraq = Vietnam

I think that in any posts I have made on Iraq and Vietnam, I have always treated the comparison gingerly. There are many pitfalls that one can make in doing so and there is no silver bullet that will pierce through everything and nail the two together. Furthermore, I am of the opinion that a better comparison to our invasion of Iraq is Japan's invasion of China in the Pacific War. Regardless, even though I imagine it had been on the backburner, I had not spent much time considering this angle very much.

So, without further ado, what Digby said.