TET Is Not The Best Comparison

Much is being made of late that the current situation in Iraq is similar to the 1968 TET offensive in Vietnam. I think the more accurate comparison would be further back in history - Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 or Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812. In both cases the invading army was pushed forward by leaders who sent their troops into battle ill-equipped for a long-term war, so certain were they of immediate victory. Initially, both invasions were wildly successful, but the lack of a long-term plan and insufficient resources lead to their defeats. Both invasions were defeated in large part by guerilla-style warfare that their troops were not trained to defeat. President Bush is finding, as did Napoleon and Hitler before him, that taking ground is not the same as winning the war.