Quagmire :

    1579, from obsolete quag "bog, marsh" + mire. Quag is a variant of M.E. quabbe "a   marsh, bog," from O.E. *cwabba "shake, tremble" (like something soft and flabby). Extended sense of "difficult situation, inextricable position" is first recorded 1775.

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   The term quagmire not only represents the funny character from the popular t.v show Family Guy, but it also stands for and represents a bad situation and/or complex problem. For example, the picture show the struggle that the people in afgan are going through.