"Certainly The US has failed to instantly subdue the North Vietnamese. And no doubt in the court of public opinion -- including surprisingly all of these Western mainstream and "expert" voices -- The US is "losing."

But are they losing militarily?"

The original version is here, and Josh Marshall gave it his stamp of approval

And Now Laura Rozen links to this:

"What these suicide attackers — and their heirs today — shared was not a religious or political ideology but simply a commitment to resisting a foreign occupation. Nearly two decades of Israeli military presence did not root out Hezbollah. The only thing that has proven to end suicide attacks, in Lebanon and elsewhere, is withdrawal by the occupying force. Thus the new Israeli land offensive may take ground and destroy weapons, but it has little chance of destroying the Hezbollah movement. In fact, in the wake of the bombings of civilians, the incursion will probably aid Hezbollah’s recruiting."

The mainstream "discourse' on the Israeli Invasion of Lebanon reads like the National Review, and the Right Wing read like the German press on the invasion of Poland.

"War--all war, requires bloodshed. And it is true that when we are engaged against people who want to kill us, we have to be willing to return the favor."

That's from TPMC...

"They" want to kill "us"

Read the article Rozen links to in The Times. I get the impression that 4o years after Vietnam, this stuff is supposed to surprise you.

What a country.