As we rapidly sink into the quagmire of Iraq ~ the specter of our humiliating defeat in Vietnam becomes too hard to ignore as the President and the Generals continue to lie.
The Progressive lists the things Iraq and Vietnam have in common ~ but what is not mentioned is the incredible loss of innocent human beings in each country.
Allen L Roland
THINGS IRAQ AND VIETNAM HAVE IN COMMON
Danny Schecter, Media Channel
http://www.mediachannel.org/views/dissector/affalert366.shtml
1. Both wars were illegal acts of pre-emptive aggression unsanctioned by international law or world opinion. . .
2. Both wars were launched with deception. . .
3. The government lied regularly in both wars. . .
4. The U.S. press was initially an enthusiastic cheerleader in both wars. .
5. In both wars, prisoners were abused. . .
6. Illegal weapons were "deployed" in both wars. . .
7. Both wars claimed to be about promoting democracy. . .
8. Both wars claimed to be about noble international goals. . .
9. An imperial drive for resource control and markets helped drive both interventions. . .
10. Both wars took place in countries with cultures we never understood or spoke the language. Both involved "insurgents" whose military prowess was underestimated and misrepresented. . .
11. In both countries the U.S. promised to help rebuild the damages caused by U.S. bombing. . .
12. In Vietnam, the Pentagon's counter-insurgency effort failed to "pacify" the countryside even with a half a million U.S. soldiers "in country."
13. The insurgency in Iraq is growing despite the best efforts of U.S. soldiers. More have died since President Bush proclaimed "mission accomplished" than during the invasion.
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