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The Cliche of Vietnam? Athena gets it...Champy doesn't
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Many out there have been calling the War in Iraq another Vietnam. While it may seem like a good thing to some of you that would love for this to become another Vietnam, it isn't.
Here are the 5 reasons:
>The biggest problem in the Vietnam War was the Johnson and then the Nixon administrations refusal to win the war. They made the military hold back. We had every opportunity to destroy the main parts of North Vietnam and didn't do it. Much like Korea.
>Vietnam was unwinnable in the long run. We could and should have taken out the North Vietnamese but the Vietnamese people have a long history of destroying all foreign intruders. The Chinese, the Cambodians and the French could never conquer them. The people the US would have put in place to lead would have been considered fraudulent by the Vietnamese. Eventually there would have been another coup or civil war.
>North Vietnam had the help of the Russians and Chinese
>Vietnam is made of one culture essentially while Iraq has at least 3 distinctive cultures and peoples.
>South Vietnam's independence was not essential to the survival of the United States or its allies while Iraq is.
>While 135 US servicemen died on average a week in Vietnam, the completely unfortunate deaths of servicemen in Iraq the deathtoll has averaged around 11 a week. Plus this is a volunteer army not drafted or conscripts. This is a professional personnel.
Enough with the "quagmires". This is war. We all remember the networks calling Afghanistan a quagmire after the first week. And then the coallition forces broke through. I think The administration has made many mistakes in the war but what the hell do I know about military strategy. I can't defend the progress or lack thereof but I know in the end the US will win and we will look back on this and know we did the right thing. History will agree with us.
We have to many naysayers on this board and in the media and in Washington. We need to be more decisive and agressive.
Many out there have been calling the War in Iraq another Vietnam. While it may seem like a good thing to some of you that would love for this to become another Vietnam, it isn't.
Here are the 5 reasons:
>The biggest problem in the Vietnam War was the Johnson and then the Nixon administrations refusal to win the war. They made the military hold back. We had every opportunity to destroy the main parts of North Vietnam and didn't do it. Much like Korea.
>Vietnam was unwinnable in the long run. We could and should have taken out the North Vietnamese but the Vietnamese people have a long history of destroying all foreign intruders. The Chinese, the Cambodians and the French could never conquer them. The people the US would have put in place to lead would have been considered fraudulent by the Vietnamese. Eventually there would have been another coup or civil war.
>North Vietnam had the help of the Russians and Chinese
>Vietnam is made of one culture essentially while Iraq has at least 3 distinctive cultures and peoples.
>South Vietnam's independence was not essential to the survival of the United States or its allies while Iraq is.
>While 135 US servicemen died on average a week in Vietnam, the completely unfortunate deaths of servicemen in Iraq the deathtoll has averaged around 11 a week. Plus this is a volunteer army not drafted or conscripts. This is a professional personnel.
Enough with the "quagmires". This is war. We all remember the networks calling Afghanistan a quagmire after the first week. And then the coallition forces broke through. I think The administration has made many mistakes in the war but what the hell do I know about military strategy. I can't defend the progress or lack thereof but I know in the end the US will win and we will look back on this and know we did the right thing. History will agree with us.
We have to many naysayers on this board and in the media and in Washington. We need to be more decisive and agressive.
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