Does anyone realize the striking similarities between Iraq and Vietnam?

Question

For example, trying to instill democracy in a nation that doesn't want it in the first place?

Answer 1

hell yeah... its ironic but recently i asked my mom the same thing and what she remembered about the "state of the nation" during the vietnam war and she told me that it was all quite similar, she said she remembered the evening news showing planes full of coffins coming back to the states...i guess that is why its supposedly illegal today, i imagine though, so i suppose that's one difference and oh, also there is no draft this time. similarities are certainly striking to me.

Answer 2

One of the problems with the war in Vietnam was not that the U.S. "tried to instill a democracy in a nation that didn't want it in the first place" - it was the artificial separation of the newly-independent Vietnam into "North Vietnam" and "South Vietnam" - when the Vietnamese people (aka "The North") were fighting to unify their country. The other problems were denying the elections to Ho Chi Minh and supporting a dictatorship (not a democracy) under Diem in "South" Vietnam.

I do not see these events happening in Iraq, since the conflicts have a much different political nature. There may be other "striking" similarities in the way the war is conducted, but you may have to give us a better example than the one you gave.

Answer 3

Have you never asked youselves (american people, and american government): who called you? Why are you messing in other people bussiness..
Do you really think that we admire you?
I just can't believe taht you are THAT s.t.u.p.i.d.

Please, understand taht you are not alone in this world, and that we don't have to be like you, because nobody wants to...
Please, leave us alone, and let us be...

And, about your question, it doesn't matter if they are the same or not. The only thing taht matters is that they have the right to be ehat they are, and they (like us) don't need to change, or don´t want to change....

And this is for sahkeitup: you have what you deserve. Don´t you know your HISTORY???Perhaps I should only remind you: do you know where the money came from, when "someone" attacked your precious twin towers? It was your own money, when that drunk you used to have as a president (back in the 90´s, not the one you have now), "made bussiness" with all that people that he´s trying to kill right now.
And a piece of advice: turn off the tv, it doesn´t help. First you have to know what you´re talking about, and then comes the critic.... that´s how it works. Besides, the news you get on tv, they´re not true....
And I´ve got a question: why do you call your system a democracy, if you decide nothing, and for I´ve seen, you don´t even vote???? That´s the system we have to defend???
Please, open your eyes, look up to the sky and see..

Answer 4

in actuality the two wars are a international aside. entire form of casualties interior the Vietnam conflict reached greater suitable than 70 thousand American troops jointly as we are actually speaking approximately around 3 thousand American troops killed in Iraq so far. the U. S. government has scheduled an end to the protection rigidity presence in Iraq at an identical time with the residing community government and it is seen as a type of victory. regardless of the reality that the conflict in Iraq went something yet easily with fairly some blunders and at circumstances issues regarded irreversibly undesirable, taking a sober seem at component now you ought to count quantity this marketing campaign as a average fulfillment. of direction all counting on how issues prove yet with the Iraqi government and who they chosen to count quantity as their buddies or foes. yet from a contemporary perspective- Saddam Hussein is long gone - there's a parliamentary government in Iraq it relatively is yet to mature yet might grow to be stable and open. The sectarian violence is a great deal decreased and reconstruction is on course. I wouldnt say that the destiny looks vivid regardless of the shown fact that it deifnitley doesnt seem as grim because it did a pair of years in the past. on the different hand Vietnam became a entire failure. The individuals suffered extensive losses in workers and treasure and withdrawed with out a single acomplishement to their prefer. The north vientamese proceeded to take over the south inflicting terror and mayhem, and Vietnam as an entire joined the Soveit sphere of effect for something of the chilly conflict. 2 very distinctive wars with 2 very distinctive consequences.

Answer 5

Yea, and also the average American can't pronounce the enemies name or where they are located at. Wow you're ignorant. Vietnam and Iraq only have one similarity. The media hates the war. Beyond that nothing. They have far more dissimilarities.
1) Vietnam, had somewhat of a military enemy (the NVA) whereas Iraq is insurgents
2) South Vietnam was pro-democracy. I didnt know Northern Iraq was pro-communist
3) Iraq doesn't have the backing of a Communist country (er ANY country)
4) There is no Ho-Chi Minh Trail in Syria
5) We have not launched "unofficial" attacks into Iran
6) The Vietcong did not go up to civilian populations in Hue and blow themselves up
7) We are not being ambushed in the middle of the jungle by Al Queda
8) Vietnam did not have an evil dictator that gassed his population
9) We went into Vietnam to fix what the French screwed up; we went into Iraq because we thought the French gave them weapons
10) The Insurgents haven't launched an attack against Baghdad
11) Ho-Chi Minh was originally very friendly to the US until we started supporting the French; Hussein was a tool

I can gladly continue if you want.
Oh and Jessy, no its not illegal to show coffins, just unorthodox and HIGHLY taboo.

Answer 6

I think it is easy to make a connection because both wars are civil wars in another country with U.S. involvement. They are also dissimilar in the sense the Vietnam was a proxy war with the Soviet Union and two strong sides. Iraq, on the other hand, is an asymmetric war with the U.S. against terrorists.

Answer 7

You certainly opened the floodgate with this one! First, you didn't say it is the SAME. Fascinating how "well informed" everyone is who disagrees with you. Many people have noted the similarities, knowledgeable, intelligent people, & no, I don't get this from THE-MEDIA!! If people would just watch CSpan, & get it from the horse's mouths--absolutely credible people are making the same comparison as you. I won't go into my feelings about this INVASION or I may lose it. As for some of the answers: HOGWASH

Answer 8

No similarities at all.
Iraq is entirely on it's own.
Expose the blunders and slip-ups with human errors in the creation of living human kind into mankind of intelligent design living in misery out there.
Expose the mess was created in messing up with science and mathematics getting living human kind getting kick on the butts by Mr. Big Brother hiding behind the closet back home.
The mess with blunders and slip-ups with human errors with little children in playing computer games with Mr. Big Brother in making a mess out there.

Answer 9

actually, south Vietnam was a democracy before we got there, north Vietnam was a Communist state.

so that plus all the other non-similarities in the two conflicts I would say there's absolutely no similarities at all...

well except for the fact the far left wants to run away...

Answer 10

There are no similarities between the two! Well maybe one, that they are both war and people are killed!!! Research your history! South Vietnam was already democratic before we went in!! The reason we decided to go to war was to prevent South Vietnam from being over taken by communist North Vietnam!!

Answer 11

no i see no similarities what so ever? do you know your history?? let me ask you what do you, sir suggest we do? leave? i am sure you are 1 that laughs when someone says if we don't fight the m there, they will come over here? right you dont believe they will. i live in nyc sir, i they where here in wtc 1, and again wtc2 911. your answer oh, they where not iraqs? right? i called it brain lock by the libs, media, who have blood on there hands. the enemy needs no help with propaganda lbs, & the media provide it all! you focus on that, or can you think for your self?? .