V-Iraq-Nam

U.S.military attacked insurgent strongholds only to discover the enemy had escaped through tunnels and blended into the countryside.
Sound familiar? It should if your old enough to remember Viet-Nam.

Another familiar theme is the growing anti -war movement in the United States, as was with Viet-Nam.
now for the terrible X-factor, that being the home-bred haters of America and her policies. Notice I didn't say disillusioned, or disgruntled, or disappointed. No, I deliberately said "HATERS", because these are much more dangerous than your garden variety anti-war protester; and much more dangerous than the normal us vs. them attitude common between Democrats and Republicans. These "haters" are the ones born and raised right here among us, who look and sound and outwardly act just like you and me, with one major, dangerous difference. They are willing to lay down their lives to destroy America. These are the ones, the guerrillas, who will be impossible to stop because they outwardly "fit" in, blend, into the U.S. much like the insurgents in Iraq do, and much like the Vietnamese did a generation ago. You cannot stop what you cannot see, and if they don't "look" like the enemy or "act" like the enemy then for the most part they wont be (known) the enemy until its too late.

The most recent example of this is the latest Al Queda threat, delivered by an "apparent" American youth named Adam Gadahn. These threats are supposedly directed at Los Angeles, California and Melbourne, Australia.

Continued violence can only breed more contempt and hatred of what appears to be a greedy, selfish nation. We must instead dialogue with those in disagreement with us, accompanied by pressure from their peers to reach agreement based on compromise. Trouble is America has a bad reputation historically. The most destructive user of nuclear weapons to date has been the U.S. yet we want to be the ones to decide who should and shouldn't have nuclear weapons? That makes sense? And as far as agreements go, remember the U.S had never made a treaty with the indigenous Americans that it didn't later break, so how trustworthy is the U.S.? How good is her word? That and only that will bring lasting peace. Remember also when Iraq was fighting Iran, the U.S. BACKED Saddam! yet now he's a murderer? He is as we are, that's all ...........