Opinion (Ron Briley): Mexican War is history lesson for today

Seeking historical parallels for the American experience in Iraq, commentators on the political right often evoke the World War II imagery of Americans liberating oppressed peoples from the yoke of tyranny.

On the other hand, critics of the war in Iraq often equate the Bush administration's invasion and occupation of Iraq with the quagmire of the Vietnam War.

These polar opposites from the more recent past often obscure our view of the invasion and occupation of Mexico from 1846 to 1848 - a history which should give us pause as we contemplate what to do about the mess in Iraq.

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