re: "Quagmire"
If the war in Iraq was in exactly the same situation as it was a year ago, you might have a point. If all you're doing is counting dead bodies, and ignoring everything else, I can see where you might come to that conclusion.
In Vietnam, for example, what had significantly changed in the situation between, say, 1967 and 1970? Not much.
We are coming up on the second anniversary of the invasion next month. Has anything changed? Is there movement in the right direction? What's new since a month ago? You seen any recent surveys of Iraqis?