I've heard people say.....?

Question

that this "war on terror" is our generations "vietnam" Is it? What are your thoughts?

Answer 1

i was sent to "the unpleasantness in southeast asia" in january 1963...long before half the people in this country even knew where viet-nam was, or what was going on there...

this current "adventure" in iraq has all the earmarks of another debacle, just like that which occured in southeast asia, costing 55,000 needless american deaths...not to mention the many more thousands of physical and emotional casualties...

we are in iraq...they have no stable government...the country is on the verge of civil war...then what????

under the present policies, our military and economic resources will be committed to that quagmire for years to come...

how many casualties will result????

how many billions of dollars will be poured down the rathole???

and for what???

Answer 2

Ive heard the same thing from many Vietnam vets only this war is worse in their opinions because this war could've been avoided had it not been for the recount. Ive also asked is it true that our government trained Ben Laden not only trained but sent him back to attack U.S.A after being trained and supplied with weopons. Read up more On Bush and Oil from what all the Vets I know have said. That and The media , they have had a show called over there that ran for a while satellite has its own Military Channel not to mention the Movie coming out soon and wonder what the increase of sales has been since ppl are flying thier flags now or buying new ones or patriotic clothing. You know they even have a 911 dollar bill if you want to show your patiotisim send a soldier a care package or thank a soldier for serving.

Answer 3

well, if you accept that Vietnam was the largest single event that occured for the American generation coming of age between 1965-1973, the "war on terror" may very well be our "Vietnam". It is the defining event or movement of the last five years, and it does not appear to be going anywhere.

I'm not one for fearmongering, I'm just looking at the issue objectively. The War on Terror is our Vietnam just as Vietnam was an earlier generation's WWII

Answer 4

I would say I am not agreeing with this statement, cause although I do not agree to a lot of the current American Government decisions and actions.. the war on Terror was a reaction for 9/11 attacks on us.. while Vietnam we where acting like the World police.. and just pushed our peckers in the problem and went in with war..
However.. the war on Terrorists for me is the one in Afghanistan NOT Iraq.. Iraq is like Vietnam.

Answer 5

I destest the pointless deaths all the 3,000 people that died in Ireland, in the 1970's the IRA blew people to bits in belfast city centre on a daily basis- 50% were catholics

Blowing up threir own people to make a city ungovernable - sound familar.....Iraq

The "vietnam' war will be over when (any foreign) troops go home
civil war is already happening...it will end
90% of my friends live in the us - I love the country
but.....for every door they kick down & family home they trash in iraq - thats a whole family of pissed off people

Demoracy was given to palestine - they voted 80% Hamas
How can anyone expect the US seriously when they demand democracy in middle east & then say the elected people are terrorists....... hello?... its a messege

I'm in Ireland & I can hear it ....GO AWAY
Pre war the people had water & electricity 98% of the time
Today its about 18% ??????

Answer 6

There are similaritiest in the two. It seems to me that the politically correct don't want the US to win this war, they only want us to treat the combatants with dignity and respect.

Vietnam was a political failure, the military had the capability to achieve the objects but not the political backing to do so. The current conflict is facing the same issues.

Until the American public decides they want us to win, then it will drag on and on.

A seven man fire team from the US can effectively engage a platoon sized force from most enemy forces they might face, so militarily there is no reason why we can't defeat our enemies, the problem as I stated earlier is the weakness of the American Public to accept the task at hand and the lack of wisdom to see that it must stand behind the effort completly.

Answer 7

I really don't think so.. this war on terror is world wide.. we (USA) has many more countries willing (and are) helping. Vietnam was the start of terror type warfare.. where your enemy used kids, homicide bombers ect. If the human race lasts another hundred years.... wonder what kind of war will be fought then?

Answer 8

YES it is. The war on terror is endless, Who are we fighting? Its not like you can just say OK the terrorists are here we will bomb this city, NO there may be terrorists in said city but where are they, there blended in with the rest of the population, so how many innocent people who are just going about there daily lives are we going to kill so were can get that hand full of terrorists. I guess is what I'm saying is, much like the Vietcong there a faceless enemy. You could walk down the streets in lets say Islamabad, and pass 100 people and there may be one terrorist among them, but how do you know which one, do we kill all 100 of them just to be sure we got that one guy, NO that would be ignorant and wrong. Unfortunately we cannot stop the terrorists just slow them down, because for every terrorist you kill there's probably three to replace him.

Answer 9

Having lived through Vietnam I'd say yes, for a number of reasons.

Answer 10

I can't help but notice some parallels; the way people who were against it early on were marginalized, they way opposition has slowly come around, they way that in the end a majority was against the war even house wives who had never gotten involved politically before and yes, even Republicans in the end.

I've noticed similarities on the ground too, this doesn't seem like a war with clearly defined goals and it doesn't seem like a war we can "win."

Answer 11

No.

The war on terror is this generation's war on drugs. The war in Iraq is this generation's Vietnam.

Please try to keep straight your references to pointless wastes of lives and resources.