The reason the Nazis inflicted so many casuaties on the USSR was that before the war Stalin had most of the officers of the Red Army above the rank of Major murdered--40,000 in all. A lot of the Soviet equipment was the equal of or even superior to that of the Wermacht and of course their army was many times larger.The reason the Germans ended up defeated was that the abilities of the new Soviet officers finally caught up with the courage and doggedness of the average Soviet soldier. Leadership on both sides made all the difference in that war (as it usually does.)
We lost Vietnam because the American people had had enough of a war where it seemed that there were no vital American interests at stake. I don't recall the Viet Cong ever murdering people by the thousands in New York City though.

That's what makes this war a little different.

I think Bush has kept HIS target in sight--I just don't think that his target and yours are the same. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Regards, Vince