Nineteen years ago a global superpower with an overwhelmingly superior military force invaded a smaller state in the name of regime change. Despite its technological advantages, and its possession of cruise missiles, stealth fighters, and thousands of tanks, the stronger nation could not win. Instead, it was soon bogged down in a stalemate, with no decisive military victory in sight. Now, nearly two decades later, the Russian invasion of Ukraine bears an eerie resemblance to the 2003 American invasion of Iraq, which reached its culmination with the fall of Baghdad in April of 2003. Even with t…