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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (200973)9/3/2006 1:14:53 PM
From: GST  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
"I think there are some significant differences between Vietnam and Iraq, as well as some similarities. It seemed like the Vietnamese, despite the war, always considered themselves one people — regardless of north or south, they always thought they'd be reunited. They would be one people. In Iraq there's so much sectarian violence and animosities that splits communities apart. I don't think Iraq ever felt strong nationalism the same way the Vietnamese have always felt.

As far as the similarities, in both cases U.S. policy makers and the U.S. government has shown an abysmal ignorance of the history, politics, cultural realities of both regions, and also held this naïve assumption that military power and weaponry can solve any situation.

We learned that was wrong in Vietnam. The Vietnamese fought in the south without any aircraft and the U.S. had the most powerful air power in the word and we still couldn't defeat a determined force who just wanted us out, who wanted us to leave Vietnam.

I think the situation in Iraq just might be the same. If we left Iraq there would probably be continued chaos but I can't see how it could be any worse than it is today when we see the terrible bombings and killings every day."

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