Is the Afghan War really the longest in U.S. history?

After 104 months of conflict, ABC's Diane Sawyer says the Afghan War has become the longest in U.S. history. But is that really the case?

It has now been eight and a half years since coalition forces led by the U.S. launched air strikes against the Taliban, starting the war in Afghanistan. That, according to Diane Sawyer in ABC Online, gives the conflict a "fresh and dubious distinction" — it has surpassed the length of the Vietnam War to become the longest war in U.S. history. Can that really be true?

Have we really been fighting in Afghanistan longer than in Vietnam?

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