2007-05-26 13:16:02 · 9 answers · asked by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Which part?
Look at the Phillipines and at France in Indochina generally.
Look at Britain and France in China in the 19th century and the Opium Wars.
Look at the steps involved in setting up Transjordan, Syria, Turkey, and Iran before and after WWI
2007-05-26 13:21:01 · answer #1 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like many, I have seen the juxtapositions of the Vietnam Conflict and this current one but, when I read my Time magazine , 26 February 2007, one of the Inbox comments made me rethink my original idea. I know wholly agree with this message, written by a reader:
"...What will we offer as an excuse for the mess we have created? That we envied the greatest generation's World War II glory and felt cheated that Vietnam was all we got? As it has turned out, the Iraq [conflict] isn't our WWII, nor is it another Vietnam. It is our World War I: a frivolous, costly, arrogant [conflict] that has set off an economic disaster, bred not just one maniac bent on genocide but a million and ended in a standstill that has merely set the stage for the next world war."
2007-05-26 13:32:21 · answer #2 · answered by Mandi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are just talking about wars in which the United States is involved, bit Vietnam and Korea are examples. However, throughout history there are many precedents including (but not limited to) the Roman invasion of the English Isles, The Crusades, and the Ottoman invasion of Eastern Europe.
2007-05-26 13:24:16 · answer #3 · answered by aett24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No two situations are exactly alike, but the US has tried nation-building with mixed results in the Philippines, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and to a limited extent Nicaragua, in most cases against considerable opposition, and in most cases taking much longer than we've been in Iraq.
2007-05-26 14:31:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if by precedents you mean any past brushes between iraq and the us then yes bush- george w. bush's father- was very "cool" with osama. i've watered this down a lot and put it into elementary terms but check out farenheit 9/11
2007-05-26 13:21:23 · answer #5 · answered by senioritis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
george bush's father went to war with iraq in 1991
2007-05-26 13:26:03 · answer #6 · answered by Laura O-M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, Vietnam.
2007-05-26 13:18:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you mean a war we shouldn't be involved in? haha yeah vietnam, but hey we pulled out of vietnam eventually and just chalked it up as a loss, wish bush would learn from it.
2007-05-26 13:19:04 · answer #8 · answered by jeffrey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
greek mythology
2007-05-26 13:24:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋