I agree with you in the aspects that like Vietnam only more US soldiers will die if we stay in the middle east...
However, so many people in this discussion believe that you can't compare major wars to a war with a small terrorist group...
So what do you propose?...can you refute the argument that By backing out now, we not only show that were giving up/showing our incompitance, we are paving a path for other terrorists groups and proving that you can attack and kill thousands of innocent Americans and get away with it...