Vietnam war and Iraq war, similar consequences?

Question

Do you think that if the war in Iraq became as drawn out as the Vietnam war that it would result in the same sort of counter-culture rejection of modern society type deal?

Answer 1

I think that you're starting to see some resentment from younger people in the country, but I seriously doubt that anyone would take that kind of initiative for protests. There have been nationwide protests of the Iraq war in the past, but they didn't get nearly as much media attention as Vietnam protests did. I think that young people today are also a little bit more worried about things. Personally, I'm in school full time and work a full time job. As much as I'd like to get involved on something like that, I simply can't afford to walk away from my job and continue to pay for school. I think that a lot of people my age are in similar positions. Back then, it was a lot easier to get away with something like that because a college degree was not a requirement to having a successful future. If I took any time off school, I would suddenly become an older student and less appealing to employers once I earn my degree. There's simply too much at stake.

Answer 2

There is little to no similarities between the Vietnam war and the Iraq war.

The war in Vietnam lasted for nearly fourteen years, and was responsible for the death of more than 58,000 U.S. servicemen. The territory of South Vietnam was strategically insignificant to the U.S., and North Vietnam didn't represent a direct threat to the U.S.

Vietnam (in the south) was being protected because of the Eisenhower Doctrine, which stated that the U.S. would use economic and military means to protect any democracy (south Vietnam) from falling victim to communist aggression (north Vietnam). Vietnam was a proxy war of the cold war, and America wanted to show the Soviet Union they couldn't do what they want when they want how they want without consequence. The people of S.V. didn't stand up to fight for their freedom, and could have cared less about what kind of government they had.

Iraq however, did represent a direct threat to the U.S., and was also costing us a lot of money. There was a real push by Clinton and the Democrats in the 1990's to go to war, but with the situation that unfolded in Europe with Serbia and Bosnia; the Clinton administration allocated our military resources elsewhere.

Also, for comparison purposes the U.S. has lost a little under three thousand soldiers in the War on Terror (Afghanistan, Iraq), that's over the period of five years now; we lost about three thousand soldiers a week in Vietnam.

Answer 3

Unfortunately no. We are more in a 50's state of mind brought on by fear of 9/11 then the 60's. However hopefully the kids growing up will question our partisanship and learn from their grandparents mistakes and not sell out their ideals.

Answer 4

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