Modbert
Daydream Believer
- Sep 2, 2008
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Bullshit again.
Name the many parallels, einstein.
1.) Both wars were started really over a idea or to stop the spread of an idea.
Vietnam: Communism
Iraq: Terrorism
2.) American troops in both places fought guerrilla warfare with difficult terrain and against insurgents that knew the terrain better.
3.) The enemy attacks at a time and place of it's own choosing then blends right back into the rest of the population.
4.) We're facing an enemy who refuses to play by our rules and clearly willing to die for their beliefs then give up.
5.) The U.S. military has generally refused to account for civilian casualties in Iraq. The same thing occurred in Vietnam for any civilians we happened to kill by accident.
6.) Neither country population really wants the troops there.
7.) No real plan of victory going into Vietnam or Iraq. There was none by the time we left Vietnam and none for Iraq currently.
8.) Both wars have drained billions of dollars from the federal budget.
9.) Both wars have gained a great amount of protest at home, demanding that our troops be brought home.
I can name more if you like.