Iraq: Learning the Lessons of Vietnam

[Zeebadee]

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/200511...f-vietnam.html


"The Vietnam War that I saw, first from my seat in Congress and then as secretary of defense, cannot be wrapped in a tidy package and tagged "bad idea." It was far more complex than that: a mixture of good and evil from which there are many valuable lessons to be learned. Yet the only lesson that seems to have endured is the one that begins and ends with "Don't go there." The war in Iraq is not "another Vietnam." But it could become one if we continue to use Vietnam as a sound bite while ignoring its true lessons."

Laird is a close friend of Rumsfeld.

[Milton Bradley]

There were lessons learned in Vietnam that are being perfected even now. The reason you don't percieve it is because you have a different value set.


Right now, they are proving to us that lieing to the constituency, skimming the allocations, and selectively granting contracts that they can bilk people out of more money than most can even imagine.

[grandpa]

Quote by: Milton Bradley There were lessons learned in Vietnam that are being perfected even now. The reason you don't percieve it is because you have a different value set.

It's been suggested that not having the draft was sort of a wise strategy for Bush.
It's not that I support the draft, but it's an interesting thought.

Grandpa h.