quagmire
1) figurative: A difficult situation with no easy, forseeable resolution.
2) Any such condition that results when a country deemed a Superpower wages limited, conventional warfare against guerillas, in Asia.
3) Any such condition that results when "nation building" by a self-appointed Superpower involves the creation of a Western-style Democratic government from scratch in a Non-Western civilization.
2) Any such condition that results when a country deemed a Superpower wages limited, conventional warfare against guerillas, in Asia.
3) Any such condition that results when "nation building" by a self-appointed Superpower involves the creation of a Western-style Democratic government from scratch in a Non-Western civilization.
1) "I'm standing in a muddy field in the middle of a Seattle rainstorm. It's a _quagmire_, alright."
2) U.S : Vietnam :: U.S.S.R. : Afghanistan
3) Iraq, circa April, 2004
2) U.S : Vietnam :: U.S.S.R. : Afghanistan
3) Iraq, circa April, 2004
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