Need opinions & similaries on the iraq war and vietnam!!!?

Question

Can someone please tell their personal thoughts, feelings, and SIMILARIES on the those two important wars, I need help writing a paper on these 2 subjects and I need personal opinions on those war compare together. What were some similaries? Thanks for your answers.

Answer 1

The two wars have nothing in common other than heavy protests against, guerilla warfare from the enemy, and innocient people in the mix.

This war is fighting against a people who've made it clear that they're objective is to destroy western society at any cost and in that it makes them a threat to us. The outside insurgients such as Al Queda have been run out of the region, although it's apparent their money trail hasn't. Now it's a policing mission, trying to keep the Iraqi sects in order, and eliminating those causing the violence. We're trying to reconstruct the country and bring some type of democracy, peace and end the violence of radical Muslims.

Vietnam was escalated when Johnson lied or exaggerated about the North Vietnamese bombing the south, known as the Tet Offensive, it's what got Congress on board to approve the amount of troops that went there.

I don't think Bush lied when he said there were WMD's in Iraq. There's British intelligence to support, at the very least, that British Intel told him there was a threat. Also with all the ultimatums that Bush gave before actually going in , and Hussein's refuse to work with UN weapons inspectors, that it's not unreasonable to think Iraq's WMD's were moved to Syria or somewhere near by.

Answer 2

Clearly, both wars illustrate what happens when you fail to take account the values, culture and morals of the people you decide to "save." Both wars are Orwellian in that they don't really serve any purpose other than to destroy fruits of the economy that could be given to the workers. Iraq is more frightening in that we need the oil we claim we are not fighting for. So, it's going to be harder to cut & run in Iraq. On the other hand if we keep spending $10 billion dollars per month our country will be destroyed from within. In Vietnam casualties were much higher; however, there was more reporting about the war. Also, since there was a draft there was a strong protest movement. Nobody cares about Iraq or would even sign a petition let a lone march down the street. In Iraq our troups are "volunteers' and like McCain says they can fight and die for another 100 years and nobody will care much about it. Yet, the troops pay a terrible price. In part beuasse of better medical technology, troops suffer an exteremely high rate of head injuries from IEDs. The lesson of both wars are the Powell Doctrine: Don't go to war unless you are prepared to put everything into winning becuase winning is that important which obviously it's not in Iraq. Yes. There are many sad similarities between the two wars. ********************************** In reading the comments above the ignorance displayed is shameful. Those who do not remember history are condemned to repeat it.

Answer 3

Vietnam was an overall victory militarily, but became a political disaster and an eventual loss.

Iraq was a political victory (not to minimize the troops), but is now becoming a military failure because of political infighting.

That's the short story.

The bottom line is that the liberal media and the VERY SLIGHT majority in the new government are hellbent on ignoring the persistent and escalating threat by radical Islam, and instead jeopardizing our nation's security so that they can step in, and fail to safeguard our families and our allies.

The Iraq war is a misnomer, this is really a world war. The reason is simple, the cavemen have laptops, as well as allies in France, China, and Russia, and at the New York Times et al.

Answer 4

Yes, Vietnam was a "police" action, not dedicated to invading North Vietnam and taking Ho Chi Minh out of power. Ho Chi Minh was elected by his people, and had solid support from his people, and along with the Viet Minh (and the Communist Party) fought for the independence of his country from the French. This was a political war in the realm of the Cold War.
Even without reading too much military history, you can already see the differences. In Iraq, the war fought was an invasion of Iraq by the U.S./British forces, and the result was Saddam Hussein (and his Ba'ath Party) was taken out of out power. This was not a political war, in the sense that the U.S. fought in Vietnam - to prevent other countries in the same region from turning to a similar ideology.
When you do write your paper, try not to forget the people who have always been ignored. In Vietnam - the Vietnamese people (north and south), and in Iraq- the people of Iraq.

Answer 5

In my opinion, the major similarities are:

1) The press.

Vietnam was the first war that was truly televised, and uncensored footage and images reached a wide American audience daily, whereas prior to that, the news were either greatly delayed, censored, or both. With both Vietnam and Iraq, the media are playing a huge part in how the public thinks and feels about the events on the ground. With this comes the ability of the press to cut and paste snippets they want seen to put a spin on their reporting, and alter public opinion.

2) Politicians.

Both Vietnam and Iraq were run more by the politicians in Washington, DC than by the commanders on the ground in theater. In my opinion, that's a big issue. Wars should be run by the commanders on the ground, who have first-hand knowledge and who have a military staff on the ground gathering information - NOT by politicians in Washington, DC who have not seen any combat themselves, have no first-hand knowledge of the country's issues (and thus rely on "panel" reports), and may be more worried about what their constituents think than how things should be handled.

Answer 6

The only similarities I can come up with is Liberals whining, soldiers are fighting, John Kerry is still a creep and so is Jane Fonda, and "Iraq War" and "Vietnam" both have 7 letters. After that all similarities end.

Answer 7

I believe Vietnam was actually considered a policing, not a war. Check into it.

Answer 8

The only dissimilars are Vietnam was mandatory you had to go to War, but Iraq is all voluntary...
lost causes... Started for no good reason
so big corporation can make billions of dollars
More people dead then needed,... Billions and Billions of Tax dollars spent for nothing...
New weapons try-ed out, and Tested... Innocent civilians killed maimed and wounded...
Mistakes were and are being made...
Human lives destroyed for Eternity... To many Dear Johns...
Sons and Daughters lost for no good reason...
Husband and Wife's separated War is Hell as you sit in front of your computer and ask......?

Solders, Airman, Sailors, Marines, deserve more respect then this...

Tell your teachers to join the service and learn for them self's just what happens in WAR..

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Answer 9

the iraq war is nothing like vietnam, except for one similarity and that is how quickly the American people have turned their backs on their own troops.

Answer 10

Both wars shed innocent blood and both wars were lost. The main difference is that Vietnam did not lead to Armageddon.