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99th_Monkey

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2. Well, another parallel is that, "if we don't fight them in ____, we'll be fighting them in the US"

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Fri Oct 16, 2015, 06:17 PM

Oct 2015

we have to have war, so "the bad guys don't come murder us in our beds".

And then there IS the oil too, in the case of Afghanistan, which changes the equation somewhat.

other big differences is that the number of US casualties in Viet Nam were horrendous, not so with
Afghanistan, and yet another is that w/ Viet Nam we had universal conscription via the draft, but
not w/ Afghanistan or Iraq.

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I was thinking about our war in Viet Nam and the one in Afghanistan... [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 OP

Ideology was more than half the reason we were in Viet Nam OakCliffDem Oct 2015 #1

Thanks for the link--I will read it. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #3

Well, another parallel is that, "if we don't fight them in ____, we'll be fighting them in the US" 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #2

Your opening line is right on! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #4

And again, we're doing a terrible job of winning hearts and minds. lpbk2713 Oct 2015 #5

Aren't we, though? But that was never the real goal. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #8

My husband and brothers were in 'Nam. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #6

Thanks for your info and links! I will follow up. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #9

Just found that PBS did a doc on The Commanding Heights, also. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #11

Thanks. Interesting info to go investigate, Gregorian Oct 2015 #12

I think we could have changed history more than we did back then dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #16

"communism". "oil". Smarmie Doofus Oct 2015 #7

That may certainly be true. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #10

Spot on. cwydro Oct 2015 #18

There is no military solution to an insurgency. Downwinder Oct 2015 #13

Same shit, different century. rug Oct 2015 #14

I think Smarmy got it right HeiressofBickworth Oct 2015 #15

I certainly think they have similarities. cwydro Oct 2015 #17