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| Is Iraq another Quagmire like Vietnam? |
| Yes, it very much is |
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| Yes, it is in some ways |
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| No, except in a few ways |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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 Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
I think it's too soon to determine if it is militarily similar and I don't want to get stuck fighting the last war.
However, the similarities I see are political:
1) The government seems to have told lies to the public in order to gain support for government policies, producing...
2) Government cover-ups aimed at critics of the wars.
3) The government kept up the happy talk as long as they could get away with it because they couldn't offer an explanation of when the wars would end.
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Wow, you sound like you have first-hand memories, lol.
I think your first three points are really good ones. The US didn't have to do this with Afghanistan, but did with Iraq. Now, they can't even finish what they started in Afghanistan, though they could have made it a model country with the resources squandered on Iraq. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:00 am Post subject: |
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Wow, you sound like you have first-hand memories, lol.
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Unfortunately, I do. As the great Yogi Berra said, "It's deja vu all over again." My biggest fear is that this Karl Rove thing will turn into another Watergate. |
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