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Iraq Analogies: It's Vietnam. It's Lebanon. It's Algeria. It's ...

This page lists articles featured on HNN that employ analogies to advance an argument concerning the situation in Iraq. Entries are listed in reverse chronological order. Click here to read HNN blogger Tim Burke's Rules for Historical Analogies.

"I spent two years in Vietnam, and I've seen this movie before." -- Retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni