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Promoted to Headline (H2) on 12/14/09:
George McGovern -- With Obama's strategy, Afghanistan looks like another Vietnam

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We have had tens of thousands of troops in Afghanistan for several years, and we have employed an even larger number of mercenaries (or 'contractors,' as they're called these days). As in Vietnam, the insurgent forces are stronger than ever, and the Afghan government is as corrupt as the one we backed in Saigon.

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Corruption of the U.S. Government? by Hubert Steed on Monday, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:34:38 PM
Yes... by Sheila Samples on Monday, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:14:50 PM