U.S. advisers in Afghanistan - Another Vietnam?

To the editor:

I hope the United States is not repeating one of the roughest times in American history. Recently, President Bush announced the United States was sending advisory forces to Afghanistan. For those of you with little knowledge, that was how Vietnam started. We sent advisory troops. As history tells us, the United States ended with several million troops. I'm not promoting isolationism. But, as has been proven, the United States doesn't fare well at guerrilla warfare.

BOB EVANS

Cape Girardeau