there is no parallel to Viet Nam. We've already accomplished our main goal which we couldn't do in Viet Nam. Regime change. Also the number of lives lost in Viet Nam is staggering and a tragedy. Of course the number of lives lost in Iraq is also a tragedy but we are talking 50,000 plus dead American Soldiers in Viet Nam and 700 plus American soldiers dead in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Show me one comparison you can make of the two wars.