For those people who're still not convinced that Iraq has strong parallels with Vietnam (history repeating), try this from AirForceTimes.com:

"Since 2000, about 40,000 troops from all branches of the military have deserted, the Pentagon says. More than half served in the Army.... About 50,000 Americans sought legal residency in Canada during the Vietnam era."

Here is the source of the quotation:
http://www.airforcetimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1930387.php

For an astrological viewpoint on the USA's recent military activities, these articles cover it:
http://www.astrology21.co.uk/c1usaneptunemars.html

http://www.astrology21.co.uk/c1usaplutomars.html

Here is a link to some really good photographs showing the relative size of the Earth as compared to other planets in our solar system, plus the Sun itself, and other stars.

http://www.rense.com/general72/size.htm