| I found 22 ways the wars are dissimilar
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| | reunification of Vietnam a communist
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| and 15 ways that they are similar. (A
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| | dictatorship.
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| long post but a quick read.)NO. Iraq is
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| | b. Iraq- Terrorists want to kill
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| not like Vietnam.1. What US leaders got
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| | Americans and other westerners while
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| us into the war?
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| | spreading Islamofascism. (If their goal
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| a. Vietnam- Democratic Presidents
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| | were for the Americans to leave, they
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| Kennedy and Johnson. Did you say
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| | would just simply have to stop attacking.
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| Republican President Nixon? Liberal
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| | The Americans would assume that the
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| revisionist history has painted this war
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| | country was secure and depart)6. Was
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| as Nixon's war.
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| | there a traditional military victory?
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| b. Iraq- Republican President George W.
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| | a. Vietnam- No. Political (not
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| Bush.2. How did the war start?
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| | strategic) decision was made not to
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| a. Vietnam- The US slowly increased
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| | conduct a ground attack and occupation of
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| their military presence in South Vietnam
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| | North Vietnam.
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| during the Cold War in order to stop the
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| | b. Iraq- Yes. The US occupied Iraq in a
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| spread of communism. Democratic President
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| | historically successful military
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| Lyndon Johnson fabricated the Gulf of
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| | victory.7. Did we kill or capture the
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| Tonkin incident to justify a full-scale
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| | enemy's murderous dictator?
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| war.
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| | a. Vietnam- No. Ho Chi Minh died a
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| b. Iraq- Islamofascists slowly increased
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| | natural death in 1969.
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| worldwide terrorist attacks against the
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| | b. Iraq- Yes. Saddam Hussein, who
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| US and other western governments. After 9
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| | promised to fight to the death and
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| 11 President Bush justified a full-scale
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| | encouraged (death threats) his
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| war based on Iraqi support of al-Qaeda
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| | subordinates to do the same, surrendered
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| and Iraqi possession and historic use of
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| | as he was found cowering in a hole in the
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| weapons of mass destruction.3. Who ended
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| | ground.8. Bombing campaigna.
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| the war?
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| | Vietnam-Conducted carpet-bombing of South
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| a. Vietnam- Republican President Richard
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| | Vietnam, North Vietnam, and Cambodia
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| Nixon authorized peace talks and withdrew
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| | resulting in indiscriminate collateral
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| US forces in 1973 with a promise to the
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| | damage of public life support
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| South Vietnamese government to provide
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| | infrastructure, buildings, homes, and
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| financial and military equipment if North
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| | croplands, causing widespread civilian
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| Vietnam attacked again. North Vietnam
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| | death.
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| attacked again in 1975 and the US
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| | b. Iraq- Precision bombing minimized
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| Congress refused to send the support.
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| | collateral damage and civilian deaths.9.
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| This doomed our South Vietnamese ally.
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| | What happened after the bombing campaign?
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| b. Iraq- Unknown at this time4. Goal of
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| US involvement.
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| | a. Vietnam- The US departed the country.
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| a. Vietnam- To contain communism.
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| | b. Iraq- The US rebuilt the country.10.
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| Failed.
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| | US KIAs.
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| b. Iraq- Regime change. Succeeded.5.
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| | a. Vietnam- 5,000/yr
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| Enemy goals.
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| | b.
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| a. Vietnam-The communists wanted the
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