[Stultis]

One way or another I think you need at least one, maybe two or three, that hammer home the Vietnam parallel.

Here's a rough idea, off the cuff. Maybe it can be rendered pithier somehow:

VIETNAM: Strategic Significance -- LOW; Consequence of Defeat -- HIGH.
IRAQ: Strategic Significance -- HIGH; Consequence of Defeat -- ASTRONOMICAL.

[Bob J]

Agreed, got to keep it to BS length though.