There you go again.
The topic was Iraq and:
Your observation was that Iraq wasn't a quagmire because the "war" was ongoing, and you compared Iraq to Vietnam.
My response is that, unlike Vietnam, the President declared major hostilities over. However, the killing has continued, and seemingy will continue as long as the US is there.
So, in my opinion it is clear the quagmire started when Bush declared "Mission Accomplished". And it continues.
And my question is, that if Iraq (country in Middle East, Muslim, vast oil reserves, Shia, Sunni and Kurdish) isn't a quagmire, what is a quagmire?
Arf