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The diffrence between is 10!
Now compare vietnam to ww2: 202
WW1: 148
Civil War: 398
Now, mathimaticaly; what is smaller? 10, 202, 148 or 398? Hmm?
I think its obvious that its close.
Like I said, I don’t even think you can mention Vietnam and Iraq in the same sentance.
Why not? Whats the problem? I think I did sever times already. Is the vietnam war some secret story that can never be said again? What, will homeland security come get me?
Why can’t they be compared? Whats wrong with looking at a previous war, and then acessing the current one to it. Thats what history is for! Why the hell would we need history if we aren’t going to mention it?
And who are you to judge when we will mention it and wont.
And as a historian, I will make an informed guess on what the future of this conflict might be.
Both wars where very expensive, both war had similar casualty rates, both wars where very contreversial and both generated alot of protest. Both times it was the better trained US forces verus a more numerous, poorly trained yet resourcefull enemy. Both times the US forces faced guerrilla warfare.
Now, I understand where they are diffrent, for example US forces never destoryed the opposing goverment in vietnam, nor in Iraq there was any kind of face-to face engagments like against the NVA. Plus, the US forces have a good hold on Iraq, while it was far from that goal in vietnam.
So there, I compared it.
And based on this historical evedence, I am willing to state that US forces wont be out of Iraq by July.
Based on historical data.
So what now? Did I just commit a sacrelige against the vietnam vets?