The Jungle In The Desert

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The Jungle In The Desert


We never learned why we lost the Vietnam War, and now we're losing another Asian War.

By Stewart Nusbaumer

With the proliferation of the Internet and the spread of political polarization, there has been an explosion of know-it-alls in America. Those who know what America should and shouldn’t do, what will happen tomorrow and what won’t happen next year. They know everything.



Yet, those who claim the greatest certainty often possess the least knowledge. In full hubristic certainty, the Neocons and others in the Bush Administration guaranteed the Iraq War would be “quick and easy.” That was two years ago. That was before 1,300 Americans and 100,000 Iraqis were dead.

First we were told that when Saddam Hussein was overthrown, the fighting would stop. That was twenty-one months ago. Then, when Saddam Hussein the fugitive was captured, the insurgency would collapse. He was captured over twelve months ago. Then, when authority was transferred to the Iraqi government, the Iraqi military would take over the fighting. That was nearly ten months ago. Then, when Fallujah was occupied, the resistance would be defeated. The city was destroyed over two months ago.

From defeating the Iraqi military to capturing Saddam Hussein to Iraqi control of the country to destroying a city, each promise has disappeared in fresh pools of American and Iraqi blood.

Desperate, the U.S. is still pinning its hope on the Iraqi troops becoming the security forces and on the upcoming elections creating a credible local government. But Iraqization has shown itself to be an utter failure, as Vietnamization was an utter failure, and elections under the control of foreign occupiers never deter exploding resistance movements.

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1. Iraq

will ultimately prove more damaging to the USA than Vietnam.