Iraq-Vietnam parallels pile up - Democratic Underground

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Mon May-10-04 10:45 AM
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Iraq-Vietnam parallels pile up

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040510/ts_alt_afp/us_iraq_vietnam&cid=1506&ncid=1473

WASHINGTON (AFP) - While most people here still recoil from comparisons of Iraq (news - web sites) and Vietnam, the political parallels are piling up between the wrenching wars that have sharply divided two generations of Americans.

Few suggest Iraq has reached the same military proportion. But its disputed origins, a surprisingly resilient local resistance, and now repugnant abuses by US troops all recall the trauma of the distant jungle conflict.

Photographs of hooded and naked Iraqi prisoners abused by US guards have triggered a wave of revulsion not seen here since the Indochina campaign, alarming one-time staunch supporters of the desert war.

"We risk losing public support for this conflict," influential Republican Senator John McCain, himself a prisoner in Vietnam, told an emotionally charged congressional hearing Friday.

"As Americans turned away from the Vietnam War, they may turn away from this one, unless this issue is quickly resolved with full disclosure immediately," McCain said.

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Jacobin

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Mon May-10-04 10:52 AM
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1. Iraq is fucking Vietnam on steroids

The only difference so far is that it is taking such a short time to completely blow up in Smirky's face.

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MajorFlaw

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Mon May-10-04 11:04 AM
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2. You are correct sir! It took almost 10 years for Vietnam to hit the

radar screen. Same shit, different country.

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seemslikeadream

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Mon May-10-04 11:09 AM
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3. Lets add a bit more nuclear to that shit

n/t

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Cocoa

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Mon May-10-04 11:11 AM
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4. we haven't even installed the illegitimate govt. there yet

Once we do, then the real war starts.

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Just Me

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Mon May-10-04 11:12 AM
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5. Vietnam on speed,...

,...I suppose there is something good about that,...so long as some tidbits of democracy are still at work.

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diamond14

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Mon May-10-04 12:32 PM
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6. Iraq-mire....Vietnam in a microwave......good against evil

Vietnam AWOL deserter bush* vs. Vietnam WAR HERO and war-protestor John Kerry.....

bush* has brought back all the old war-criminals, and war-profiteers...kissinger (nominated to run the 9/11 investigation), colin powell(second-in-command of Americal that ordered the Mai Lai massacre, and head of the cover-up for Mai Lai)...negroponte (to head the NEW and Improved Iraq torture chambers, and get rid of all those cameras)...and more

On Kerry's side...a LOT of old HEROS have stepped forward to fight the BFEE...Dean, Woodward, Hersch....the helicopter pilot who stopped the Mai Lai massacre...and many more.....AND NEW HEROS....young American soldiers who whistle-blew bush*'s sex-torture snuff operation....Canadians who embrace those soldiers of conscience seeking shelter....pro-PEACE people who are STANDING UP against bush* war crimes of pre-emptive attacks....

May the GOOD GUYS win....help Kerry to take back America....click this link and volunteer today...small effort or big effort...if we all try just a little bit, we can take back America....

http://www.JohnKerry.com

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