Re: Defeatest Howard Dean Says US Troops Can\'t Win
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Vietnam-Started with few soldiers, ended with a full-scale war.
Iraq-Started as a full-scale (sorta) war, ending (will end) with fewer soldiers.
The type of enemy we're fighting, they're goals, etc.
Iraq is not Vietnam.
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This is one difference followed by several aspects of the wars that are actually similar. The type of enemy we're fighting? In Vietnam, it was the NVA and militant guerrilla fighters. In Iraq it's militant guerrilla fighters (as we defeated the main army). Their goals, in both cases, were to get the U.S. out of the country. You might try to branch this into the goals of terrorists worldwide versus communists in Vietnam, but that's oversimplifying both cases.
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