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The similarities are not "exact", but the overall scenario is.
(a) Invaded a country for some "excuse" (that may be different today from yesterday). It is now clear the CIA lit the fuse that justified the Vietnam invasion "excuse" in the first place.
(b) With nada clue about anything, hoping to "impose" beliefs on people.
(c) A reluctance to get the fuck out of the place. Last year Bremner had full details of a plan from the Iraqi Census Board where the explained they had no problem collecting data and holding elections. Bremner hid this from the then, Iraqi Governing Council - it was not time, least at that stage, to fuck off. The tone has changed and a date "picked out of a hat" was made to assign "sovereignty" - but that also was a "Bush version of sovereignty which does not match anything in a dictionary.
(d) When the time comes to "actually" leave - it will be the usual Vietnam departure - forced out, - by public opinion, body bags and the fact that there is simply no point in staying.
History has a habit of repeating and some just can't learn from previous events or have this overwhelming ulterior motive to "make" history repeat - they just can't help it...
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