we "cut and ran" finnally.
2006-10-24 03:00:32 · 8 answers · asked by DAVID S 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
What "hundreds of thousands"? In Vietnam we lost something like 58,000, if memory serves. In our own Civil War, we lost maybe 550,000. Over half a million. In Iraq we've lost 3,000, but maybe 2,000 were actual combat deaths. The rest were accidents and other non-combat related causes. It may amuse you to know that Iraqis are way more interested in killing each other than us. It's what they do for sport. I almost went to 'Nam and I thought it was a stupid war built on a lie. I don't like the Iraq thing much better. I would argue that all the Arabs in the world are not worth the life of one single American soldier. You can't force peace on people with hatred in their DNA. But there we are. And at least Bush is a far better president than LBJ. In any case, get your numbers straight. You can't just make them up.
2006-10-24 03:12:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Iraq has no longer been known to be a rustic talked approximately for democratic institutions and traditions. Argument #a million some factor out that that's impossible to construct a real democracy for a rustic that did no longer have any. Counter-argument: submit-conflict Japan grew to become right into a till now autocratic united states, now its an entire-fledged functioning democracy. Argument #2 that's impossible to construct a democracy in an Arab or Muslim united states. Counter-argument: evaluate Indonesia it extremely is the main important muslim united states in terms of inhabitants and is a democracy. of course there is not any top answer right here. conflict in Iraq represents a universal: attempting to construct a democratic united states interior the middle East, against hobbies of many. Will it succeeed? Who is conscious, yet of course we've no previous examples to count on. some questions merely don't have solutions regrettably
2016-11-25 01:58:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in 500 BC, Sun Tzu gave a warning in "The Art of War" that fighting a protracted military campaign would eventually lead to failure. Vietnam proved it. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan proved it.
Iraq is being prosecuted in a manner totally devoid of military genius. Further, the military actions there demonstrate that the west does not understand its enemy (another issue Sun Tzu warned us about).
2006-10-24 06:02:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We didn't cut and ran". finnally, which is finally. It was the politicians playing their games.
2006-10-24 03:03:44 · answer #4 · answered by alfonso 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
History tends to repeat itself because we don't learn from the past. We should learn if we are wise, because only wise men learn not from their mistakes, but from the mistakes of others.
2006-10-24 03:10:20 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
HISTORICALY ,THE WAR IN VEITNAM WAS ENTERED DUE TO JOHNSON! A DEMOCRAT! THE WAR WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE WON! NIXON GOT US OUT! AND CLINTON HAD SAMALIA,THAT WAS CUT AND RUN! THE WAR IN IRAQ,WE AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE UNTIL THATS FINISHED! GET IT NOW? WHO DID WHAT?
2006-10-24 03:05:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes it does, and it will continue until lessons are learned.
2006-10-24 03:04:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
YEp. IRaq stupid or What?
2006-10-24 05:01:12 · answer #8 · answered by malcy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋