re: We were quagmired in Korea.
No, A is not like B. Things change. History is not Groundhog Day.
Point being that as I indicated, we are still tangled in webs from past wars and experiences. If it's body count that mesmerizes you, the counts from Korea, Japan, et. al. were higher. To me body count is the wrong metric, not that it isn't significant once it reaches >= 1.