Twenty years ago, after the victory of the United States and its allies in the war to evict Iraq from Kuwait, President George H. W. Bush exulted that "we've kicked the Vietnam syndrome once and for all."That triumphalism now appears misguided. Americans are drained by years of conflict in foreign wars and an economic crisis that is the worst in decades. Understandably, they want to bring the troops home and focus on domestic needs.More... (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stanley-kober/obama-gaddafi-_b_887244.html)