Of the four withdrawals, arguably the 1982-1984 American intervention in Lebanon marks the closest parallel to Iraq today. A country torn by sectarian violence beginning in 1975, Lebanon pitted an even more complex array of contestants against each other than Iraq does today.
在四次撤退中，1982年至1984年美国介入黎巴嫩被论证为和今天介入伊拉克最为相似。1975年开始的派别之争撕裂了黎巴嫩，这个国家陷入比今日的伊拉克更复杂的派别敌对之中。，