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Many are once again talking about Iraq as a quagmire that's taking us too long to get out of. I just don't get it. We're changing a nation from a dictatorship to a democracy in a part of the world that has no experience in democracy. It's only been a few years. How can it possibly be argued that it's taking longer than it ought to?
Many are saying that the cost in lives of American soldiers is too high. But the number of lives lost is historically low for a war. 58,226 American soldiers died in Vietnam, versus 2,400 so far in Iraq. Our soldiers are heroes for risking their lives, and we should be proud that such a historically low percentage of them have given their lives to protect America.
For a historic, world-changing event such as this to happen in a few years, with such a historically low number of troops lost, is unprecedented.
