2007-05-09 05:35:37 · 5 answers · asked by PrincessJ 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
That is a silly comparison.
The Iraq war started because George Bush thought it would be cool to start a war. Trojan war started because Paris nabbed a Greek/Spartan Princess.
In the Trojan war, there was an objective; to take the capital and get back the Princess. The only problem was doing that; Troy was a heavily-defended city, and a standard siege would be foolish. So they came up with the wooden horse.... You know the rest.
In the Iraq war, there is no clear objective; no enemy HQ, no true enemy leader, no mission statement. Its simply "go there and kill people when you see them, don't know when we'll be done." There is no wooden horse strategy the US can use to defeat terrorism; its only a matter of staying the course until the job is done.
2007-05-09 07:02:19 · answer #1 · answered by CanadianFundamentalist 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't think they can be compared. They were completely different wars. Americans are not sacking any cities for years and years from the outside. They ve sacked the whole country almost ride away by capturing its leader. Of course keeping it in place is a different question.
2007-05-09 14:17:20 · answer #2 · answered by IggySpirit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say your teacher has a screw loose.
Not the first or the last of course!
2007-05-09 14:29:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They both started on false pretences.
2007-05-09 12:43:12 · answer #4 · answered by cpinatsi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't
2007-05-09 12:44:28 · answer #5 · answered by oklady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋