You mean like keeping the peace between the two Koreas in the DMZ ? We are still there after what 60 years.
Iraq is not Viet Nam. I will not go there. But if you insist, pulling out of Viet Nam was a win for China and Russia. Now Russia and China are in Syria.
Actually, yes, that was my point. The only way to keep the peace in Iraq (as a whole) would be to station large numbers of soldiers there for decades, like in Korea.
But Iraq would have been more difficult than Korea. There are no tribal tensions within South Korea, and our troops there are not subject to random car-bombings.
Would the troop commitment have been worth it, in the Iraqi case? I don't know, but I blame W for getting us involved there in the first place. And I don't blame Obama for ordering a pullout. But I do know one thing. I sure hate defending one of Obama's moves. However, I must call 'em as I see 'em.