US Army Struggles For Recruits.

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Originally posted by Warham
Iraqi resistance is supported plenty by other countries, whether they stick their head out or not.

No, not really. The Syrians do lend some support, but frankly what they do does not take a lot of money. Most of it is bankrolled by Saddam's account. But the Syrians also have limited control of their border area. And frankly, it's in their interest to have an on-going insurgency tying down US troops. Kentuckyklira brought up a good point about Vietnam.

When Siagon fell, it was a Soviet made PT-76 amphibious tank, or a T-55, that crushed the front gate of the Presidential palace, not the romantic "revolutionary" VC/NLF fighters with AK's. They were pretty much decimated by the US or betrayed by the North Vietnamese at that point. The NVA received the best modern weapons from the USSR/Chinese.