Iraq more similar to Vietnam or Afghanistan?

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A post by Andyfox about Iraq/Vietnam similarites hit close to something I wanted to write a poll on.

Most of us who look past the propaganda one-liner about the enemy "hating our freedoms" understand that Osama's tactics are much deeper and well thought out then given credit for. As many writers have stated, the broad goal of Osama is to create a repeat of the Afghanistan situation, where a world power is drawn into a quagmire and literally bankrupted and brought down from within as the Soviet Union was in the late 80's/early 90's.

Iraq is similar to Vietnam, it is also similar to the Afghanistan situation the Russians faced in the 80's and was compared frequently to Vietnam during that time frame.

Which comparison is more accurate and why?

rb