2006-10-03 17:42:09 · 12 answers · asked by kelleygaither2000 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Much worse. This one involves religion as well. It could be the beginning of the end for the USA
2006-10-03 17:56:57 · answer #1 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The socialist media would like you to believe it is; and in a way, they are right.
The US was winning in Viet Nam, just as we are winning in Iraq. It was the socialist media that hates the United States that chose ratings over reality and forced the sheeple (sheep people) of the US into not finishing the job.
Now, 99% of the truth of Iraq is hidden from the US population, even though it is published on the Internet by the Iraqi government and the US military. Why? Sometimes, the truth is not convenient.
You either believe in the precepts of the United States, or you are a traitor. If you believe in freedom for mankind, find the facts and judge for yourself. If you don't care, then you will never know the truth, and will always be too stupid to care one way or the other.
2006-10-04 00:49:53 · answer #2 · answered by Karl the Webmaster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How many Liberal media news networks do you listen to?
Why is it NOT Another VN like you would like to believe? Because I'm not personally going to let the general populus determine how I should feel about this Country, or this conflict. Politics ruled the VN era, and you can see where it will get us in Iraq. I have been there, and while it isn't all pretty, its not what the liberal news media is reporting, or what everyones high school friends are preaching. This is not about the past, I suggest we learn from it. Let the Generals run this war,not the politicians, so we can finish it and finish it right.
2006-10-04 00:59:16 · answer #3 · answered by devildriver_667 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a retired Nam era vet, with a family history of military service to our country going back to the Revolution and a daughter now on active duty, I can see a number of parallels. In neither conflict was there a clearly defined military objective, the purpose of the military is to kill and destroy until the enemy nation has no further capability of waging war. It is the function of the Civilian Leadership to ensure that this is only done in the pursuance of our National Interest. Sadly, that is not what is happening in Iraq, just as it didn't happen in Nam. We are there for totaly nebulous goals. A War on Terrorism? Terrorism is the act of using fear as a weapon, how do you wage war on an act, not on the people who do the act, but on the act itself? To impose by force Western Political and Ethical values? The don't want them, they have an ancient and accomplished culture of their own, they don't want ours. In Nam we tried to do the same thing we did in Korea, prolong the war until the other side agreed to talk terms. In Nam the other side didn't do that, they waited us out until the voters got so sick of the body count that the government had to pull out because anything else would have been political suicide. If our elected officials don't remember that, rest assured the Iraquis do. It was utter madness to think we could wage war, increase government spending, and cut taxes all at the same time. Bush should never have sent our people in if he wasn't willing to ensure they had the equipment, supplies, and numbers to do the job right. As things stand now, we can't win, because there is nothing to win, no one has stated a clear objective.
2006-10-04 01:33:35 · answer #4 · answered by rich k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iraq is actually in vietnam, but they just call it another name. After the vietnam war, to avoid disgrace most vietnamese people changed their name to ahmed and wore turbans to disguise themselves. They took all their oil and hid it in the land behind the closet..there was a centaur and a unicorn and a talking beaver then spiderman killed the green goblin... and speaking of waterbuffalos, never shoot a raccoon 36 times with a bb gun.. it will not die.. it will however run a quarter mile at top speed and bite the crap out of you.
2006-10-04 00:47:28 · answer #5 · answered by scrotumchewingmonster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Our activities in Vietnam were limited by the fear of Russian or Chinese intervention, so it was not possible to apply enough military force to win the war. No such constraint exists in Iraq: we can do anything that we choose to do there to win. The trick is to make an intelligent choice.
2006-10-04 00:52:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's WORSE!
In Vietnam, when our heroes were done with their tour, that was it...not so in Iraq...they keep getting REDEPLOYED over and over and over!
Imagine....the moment you land you are in a COMBAT ZONE, not so in Vietnam where there were frontlines...
This is resulting in MORE THAN ONE IN THREE of our heroes returning with the LIFELONG HORROR of dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder....
It is like never being able to exit a combat zone, even after returning home...
We lost our Josh to PTSD after 11 mo. in Iraq....we've compiled "his story" and TONS of info and the FACTS to back it up on a website to honor him:
http://joshua-omvig.memory-of.com/
EVERY American MUST make NOISE about this....NOW before it wipes out a whole generation!
EVERY ONE of us will be touched by this disorder, ALL of us!
2006-10-04 05:15:45 · answer #7 · answered by Julie W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe. Iraq and such places are so occupied by brutal murderers than nobody can stand up against them in their own country without getting shot.
2006-10-04 01:26:50 · answer #8 · answered by High-strung Guitarist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's what the Demoralcrap party wants you to think. There are no comparisons to be made. Whats good for the country is bad for Demoralcraps, and that's why they twist the truth.
2006-10-04 00:48:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Went in for the wrong reason, no real plan to get out, training the local populace to take over, but they never did
2006-10-04 00:43:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋