Vietnam made me smarter and wiser. What did it do for you?
We could only wish it made everybody smarter and wiser.
It made me angry, cynical and suspicious--angry at leaders who won't fight for all out, overwhelming victory, cynical about their strategy, and suspicious about their motives. Vietnam could have been won simply by invasion and liberation of the North and occupation of Hanoi; Iraq can be won by employing an overwhelming force to smother opposition (it should have been the goal at the outset). Limited warfare did not work in Vietnam and will not work in Iraq.