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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (153371)1/2/2006 3:05:59 PM
From: Lane3  Respond to of 793559
 
I just came across this good post from Powerline which is apropos

Nexus? While interesting, that piece doesn't help me find the allegedly missing cat.



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (153371)1/2/2006 4:13:13 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793559
 
Limiting myself to the Vietnam analogy, it seems that the public knows only too well that Iraq is not Vietnam. It has accordingly resisted the attempt to draw easy but erroneous analogies.

This piece I think sets forth fairly well the reasons, even if barely articulated by J6P, why the analogy fails:

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