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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR
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To: PartyTime who wrote (2479)1/20/2003 12:05:29 PM
From: greg s  Read Replies (1) of 25898
 
Vietnam was a divided country. France had been helping the South fight the communist North for years (they had colonial interests to protect) and were, frankly, getting their collective butt kicked. US sent in "advisors" to aid the French and South Vietnamese and to, ostensibly, stop the communist "dominoes" from falling.

From that point, our participation escalated as the French influence subsided.

To try to compare a potential war in Iraq with the Vietnam debacle is pointless, beyond the potential for becoming embroiled in a bloody and lengthy conflict with an uncertain endgame.
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