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It's really hard to discount the stick-to-it-ivenss of the current generations. Many of us endured the decade of war in Vietnam. The Iraq war has been going on for quite some time, too. Politicians are worried about "another Vietnam." IMO, this leads them (politico's) to plan for short, easy wars. In their hope for prosecuting such a war, they envision minimum troop deployments, lots and lots of airstrikes, and best case scenarios for armed resistence. The military planners are likely not so hopeful; however, they do the civilian leadership's bidding. When these overly optimistic plans fail to succeed, the war drags on longer than it should've, the American losses are high, the public looses confidence in the gov's ability to execute the war. In Iraq's case, throw in a good dose of incorrect rationale for war, and who in their right mind would want to be mired in that war?
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Jim R.
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