| I found 22 ways the wars are dissimilar and | | | | reunification of Vietnam a communist |
| 15 ways that they are similar. (A long post | | | | dictatorship. |
| but a quick read.)NO. Iraq is not like | | | | |
| Vietnam.1. What US leaders got us into the | | | | b. Iraq- Terrorists want to kill Americans |
| war? | | | | and other westerners while spreading |
| | | | Islamofascism. (If their goal were for the |
| a. Vietnam- Democratic Presidents Kennedy | | | | Americans to leave, they would just simply |
| and Johnson. Did you say Republican President | | | | have to stop attacking. The Americans would |
| Nixon? Liberal revisionist history has | | | | assume that the country was secure and |
| painted this war as Nixon's war. | | | | depart)6. Was there a traditional military |
| | | | victory? |
| b. Iraq- Republican President George W. | | | | |
| Bush.2. How did the war start? | | | | a. Vietnam- No. Political (not strategic) |
| | | | decision was made not to conduct a ground |
| a. Vietnam- The US slowly increased their | | | | attack and occupation of North Vietnam. |
| military presence in South Vietnam during the | | | | |
| Cold War in order to stop the spread of | | | | b. Iraq- Yes. The US occupied Iraq in a |
| communism. Democratic President Lyndon | | | | historically successful military victory.7. |
| Johnson fabricated the Gulf of Tonkin | | | | Did we kill or capture the enemy's murderous |
| incident to justify a full-scale war. | | | | dictator? |
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| b. Iraq- Islamofascists slowly increased | | | | a. Vietnam- No. Ho Chi Minh died a natural |
| worldwide terrorist attacks against the US | | | | death in 1969. |
| and other western governments. After 9/11 | | | | |
| President Bush justified a full-scale war | | | | b. Iraq- Yes. Saddam Hussein, who promised |
| based on Iraqi support of al-Qaeda and Iraqi | | | | to fight to the death and encouraged (death |
| possession and historic use of weapons of | | | | threats) his subordinates to do the same, |
| mass destruction.3. Who ended the war? | | | | surrendered as he was found cowering in a |
| | | | hole in the ground.8. Bombing campaigna. |
| a. Vietnam- Republican President Richard | | | | Vietnam-Conducted carpet-bombing of South |
| Nixon authorized peace talks and withdrew US | | | | Vietnam, North Vietnam, and Cambodia |
| forces in 1973 with a promise to the South | | | | resulting in indiscriminate collateral damage |
| Vietnamese government to provide financial | | | | of public life support infrastructure, |
| and military equipment if North Vietnam | | | | buildings, homes, and croplands, causing |
| attacked again. North Vietnam attacked again | | | | widespread civilian death. |
| in 1975 and the US Congress refused to send | | | | |
| the support. This doomed our South Vietnamese | | | | b. Iraq- Precision bombing minimized |
| ally. | | | | collateral damage and civilian deaths.9. What |
| | | | happened after the bombing campaign? |
| b. Iraq- Unknown at this time4. Goal of US | | | | |
| involvement. | | | | a. Vietnam- The US departed the country. |
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| a. Vietnam- To contain communism. Failed. | | | | b. Iraq- The US rebuilt the country.10. US |
| | | | KIAs. |
| b. Iraq- Regime change. Succeeded.5. Enemy | | | | |
| goals. | | | | a. Vietnam- 5,000/yr |
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| a. Vietnam-The communists wanted the | | | | b. |