Iraq warns U.S. attack would be like Vietnam

AFP - Reuters ^ | Monday March 4, 5:39 PM | Reuters

[vannrox]

Monday March 4, 5:39 PM

Iraq warns U.S. attack would be like Vietnam

PARIS (Reuters) - The United States would face Vietnam-style defeat if it attacked Iraq, the country's deputy prime minister said in an interview to be published on Monday.


With Washington refusing to rule out an invasion of Iraq as part of its "war on terror", Tareq Aziz warned President George Bush to expect high casualties if he orders his forces in.


"If Bush junior invades Iraq, he will fail because the Iraqi people will fight to the end. For the Americans, it won't be a military parade," Aziz told the French daily, Le Figaro.


He likened Iraq to Vietnam when it expelled U.S. forces more than a quarter century ago.


"It was not the jungle that allowed the Vietnamese to win but determination. The Iraqis will fight in every street and every house," he said.


On Thursday Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri is due to meet U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is hoping to bring about the return of weapons inspectors to Iraq.


Confronted with growing U.S. threats, Iraq has offered to have a dialogue "without preconditions" with the United Nations.


Arms inspectors left Iraq in 1998 and have not been allowed to return. They sought to verify Iraq has no more nuclear, biological, chemical or long-range missile programmes

[vannrox]

...Yea...?

[Texaggie79]

[Momaw Nadon]

Iraq warns U.S. attack would be like Vietnam

Isn't that what they said 11 years ago?

[habs4ever]

ROFL!! sure thing, Mother of All Battles Part Deux ;-)

[petuniasevan]

HA HA HA ROFL!

Isn't this the same bunch that promised us the "mother of all battles" back in 1990?

They seem to have short memories. We don't.

Bye-bye, Saddam.

[flamefront]

Just add JDAM's

[Reaganesque]

The United States would face Vietnam-style defeat if it attacked Iraq, the country's deputy prime minister said in an interview to be published on Monday.

Uh, huh. Just like the last time right? Hope you've been practicing your "surrendering whilst bawling like an infant" skills.

[socal_parrot]

It only took 100 hours to vanquish the Republican Guard and the rest of the much touted Iraqi army in 1991, including the "trenches of fire". I give it a week, ten days tops.

[Faraday]

I don't remember the Vietnamese surrendering to reporters. Vietnam was a failed Democrat nation-building exercise (given legitimacy by anti-communism). We are not in that business now. Saddam out. No WMD. No terror bases. That's it.

[steve in DC]

JSOWs too!

[wheezer]

No!!!...as much as I am against America attacking Iraq, it has no chance of ever in a million years becoming another Vietnam.

It boils down to terrain...and Iraq has no real geographical advantage in that sense.....an "if it ain't sand, bomb it" approach will carry the day.

That stated, I hope America does not declare war on Iraq. Although I understand the Israeli's desire for America to do it's heavy lifting, and appreciate their willingness to hold our coats, IMHO, there are much more inportant fish to fry at this time.

[Dog Gone]

Other than the terrain, the political will, the logistics, the enemy, the objective, and the President, it does seem rather similar.

[Joee]

The Democrooks really want to sign them all up for our next Nov. elections.

[unamused]

OHHH MY GOD!!!!
IT'S A QUAGMIRE......

AN ABSOLUTE QUAGMIRE, I TELL YOU.....

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

blah blah blah blah blah

[socal_parrot]

Hey, they surrendered to news crews last time. Why not some women soldiers this time.

The Marines don't have women.

[2111USMC]

Holy sh!t! I'm quaking in my boots now!

He even had the guts to say this to the feared French Press!

[dighton]

Isn't that what they said 11 years ago?

This time for sure!