The Vietnamese had been actively fighting guerrilla and large-scale war for a full generation, and went in against America at the peak of their fighting and financial strength. The Vietcong, moreover, had North Vietnam for supply and reinforcement. North Korea has little depth, little help, and less time.

Where we disagree, Sarmatian, is on the point that pure time and focus will translate into effectiveness and will, and then into organized resistance in the absence of bureaucracy.