PD this is not even close to Vietnam. The domino theory was a flawed theory. The thought that all communists got along and worked together was flawed. At the time it made sense, but looking back one has 20/20 hindsight.
Iraq is a completely different situation, we have many more national interests in that region ( OIL), and last I checked the Viet Cong were not sending people to the US to blow up buildings.
The American people might not be happy with the realities of foreign policy, but minute the oil stopped flowing there would be calls for action. Look at the reation to higher gas prices now. Imagine if gas became $5 a gallon, $10 a gallon, or you could not get gas at all. This is just one small aspect of what oil bring to our economy - oil heats our homes, gives us power, is the base for all plastic, etc... etc...
People have always fought over natural resources - as they continue to dwindle there will be more and more wars over them. Wars are promarily fought over economic issues....
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