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It seems fashionable these days for commentators to mention the similarities and differences between Iraq and Vietnam, two countries where the United States is or was involved in major warfare.
(요즘 평론가들 사이에 미국이 대규모 전쟁을 치루거나 과거 치뤘던 두 국가, 이라크와 베트남의 유사점과 차이점을 논평하는 것이 유행인듯 하다.)
Naturally, optimists stress how the Middle East country is different from the Southeast Asian nation, where the United States suffered the first defeat in its history. They point to these facts: Iraq has no big supportive powers like China and the former Soviet Union, the main sponsors of the Vietnamese communists; Iraq has a mostly flat and open terrain compared to the Vietnamese jungles; and in Iraq, the insurgents are largely concentrated in areas around Saddam`s hometown.
(당연히, 낙관론자들은 중동국가와 미국이 역사상 처음으로 패배했던, 동남아시아 국가는 엄연히 다르다고 강조한다. 그들은 이라크는 베트남의 사회주의자들의 주 지지세력이었…(생략)