That's because the obvious lesson of Vietnam is not that leaving a quagmire leads to disaster, but that staying only makes things worse. (And oh yes: that we shouldn't get into them in the first place.)Quote
eg420ne Reviewed by eg420ne on . The Analogy Quagmire Good article By Dan Froomkin Special to washingtonpost.com Wednesday, August 22, 2007; 1:16 PM President Bush boldly entered risky rhetorical territory this morning, likening the war in Iraq to Vietnam. Rating: 5