RCAF CF-104s

Here are some really cool images I found on the web of the old F-104's that the RCAF used to fly in the 1960s to the 1980s.
Here's an early shot of five CF-104's in formation:

Canadian F-104's were called CF-104's.
And here's and unusual shot of a CF-104 cockpit, from the cockpit of another CF-104:

Looks like this one is from the CFB Cold Lake area; can't be sure tho...
And another really cool formation shot:

More CF-104's on the tarmac. Those are a couple of F-86 Sabre jets in the background- the jets that the CF-104 was replacing in the early 1960's:

Vietnam :== Aghanistan

I watched this show on History Channel recently (http://www.history.ca/ontv/titledetails.aspx?titleid=280849). 
What began as the US trying to prevent the North from overrunning the South in Vietnam turned into something completely different. As the North infiltrated the South, the US troops couldn’t tell the difference between infiltrators and the people they were ostensibly there to help. Gradually, you couldn’t tell the civilians from the enemy. And eventually, many of the civilians actually became the enemy. Sounds familiar?
This is the same problem that the US, UK and Canada were having / are still having in Afghanistan. Once this happens, the mission has changed. The original mission doesn’t exist anymore. If you’re still pushing the original mission, you have no chance of success. The result will be the same as Vietnam- a lost war (unless you plan to stay forever, and that can’t happen). The Taliban will not go away, and will prevail weeks after you quit the situation.
So can the situation be salvaged? If so, what is the new mission? Escalation? Total war? What would have worked in Vietnam? Difficult question. 
Unfortunately, the parallels are too close to ignore.
Depressing.