“I am almost 64. I don’t want to see us repeat in Iraq what we did in Vietnam.”
we aren’t. we won, saddam is dead and gone. THAT, my friend is a victory. this post-war chaos is like playing monopoly with manic-depressives. as for vietnam, we didn’t lose, we quit. a legacy of both republican and democrat administrations. but the vietnam vet didn’t lose, their leaders quit on them. however, a very large part of society didn’t quit on them. and that is why i still respect them all today. thank you for your service. underway, shift colors.
That wasn't our only objective and the reason why we invaded Iraq, my friend. Here are the reasons we are there. It won't be a victory until we have a stable Iraq and a country that will be an ally in the WOT and won't harbor or support terrorists.
this post-war chaos is like playing monopoly with manic-depressives
AQ, the same folks who were responsible for 9/11, is still operating in force in Iraq. How can we declare victory and walk away?
as for vietnam, we didn’t lose, we quit. a legacy of both republican and democrat administrations. but the vietnam vet didn’t lose, their leaders quit on them.
You can put lipstick on a pig and it is still a pig. We lost where it counted, as a nation. When you quit, you lose. I blame the Dems far more than the Reps on what happened in Vietnam. The last US combat forces left Vietnam in March 1973. The South Vietnamese fought for almost two years by themselves. It was the Dem controlled Congress that cut off funding to the South and it was the Dems who pulled the plug when it came to responding to the North's violation of the Paris Peace agreement by invading. Millions of Vietnamese paid a terrible price for our quitting [read defeat.]
however, a very large part of society didn’t quit on them. that is why i still respect them all today
Kids are taught in school today that America was defeated. They are told that our involvement was a mistake. The Vietnam veterans were not honored when they returned home--just the opposite. I appreciate your good wishes, but I am more concerned that we don't repeat the same mistake we did in Vietnam, i.e., snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. We can't be defeated militarily in Iraq, only here at home.