Iraq Is Not Vietnam
Last year I published a 15-item list of comparisons between the US experience in Vietnam, 1965–1966 and that of the current war in Iraq, 2003–2004. With another year behind us, here is Part II of that comparison for Iraq, 2003–2005 and Vietnam, 1965–1967 (...) Thus, we can all still take comfort securely in our knowledge that Iraq is not Vietnam; Vietnam is spelled with a "V" and is in Southeast Asia, Iraq is spelled with an "I" and is in Southwest Asia...
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Iraq Is Not Vietnam
Jim Cox
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January 31, 2006
Last year I
published a 15-item
list of comparisons between the US experience in Vietnam, 1965–1966
and that of the current war in Iraq, 2003–2004. With another
year behind us, here is Part II of that comparison for Iraq, 2003–2005
and Vietnam, 1965–1967:
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Item
|
Iraq
2003–2005
|
Vietnam
1965–1967
|
|
16
|
Poisonous
weapon used?
|
depleted
uranium
|
agent
orange
|
|
17
|
Administration’s
response to soldier complaints of being poisoned by US weapons?
|
denial
|
denial
|
|
18
|
US troop
deaths?
|
2,178
|
16,159
|
|
19
|
Troops
in country during 3rd year?
|
160,000
|
500,000
|
|
20
|
US troop
deaths per troops in country?
|
136
per 10,000
|
300
per 10,000
|
|
21
|
Number
of President’s children of military age?
|
2
|
2
|
|
22
|
Number
of President’s children serving in military?
|
0
|
0
|
|
23
|
Strange
concept of liberation applied?
|
We
had to destroy it to save it
|
We
had to destroy it to save it
|
|
24
|
Who have
war supporters blamed for lack of quick victory?
|
news
media, war protestors
|
news
media, war protestors
|
|
25
|
Who have
war supporters not blamed for lack of quick
victory?
|
administration
war planners
|
administration
war planners
|
|
26
|
Language,
history, and customs unknown to American soldiers on the ground?
|
yes
|
yes
|
|
27
|
Election
held to choose head of state of country?
|
December
15, 2005
|
October
21, 1967
|
|
28
|
Monthly
cost to US for operations in country (in 2004 dollars)
|
$5.6
billion
|
$5.1
billion
|
|
29
|
Member
of US Congress calls for withdrawal?
|
John
Murtha
D-PA
|
Eugene
McCarthy
D-MN
|
|
30
|
Term increasingly
applied to US involvement?
|
quagmire
|
quagmire
|
Thus, we can
all still take comfort securely in our knowledge that Iraq is not
Vietnam; Vietnam is spelled with a "V" and is in Southeast
Asia, Iraq is spelled with an "I" and is in Southwest
Asia.
January
31, 2006
Jim
Cox is an Associate Professor of Economics and Political Science
at the Lawrenceville Campus of Georgia Perimeter College and the
author of The
Concise Guide to Economics and Minimum
Wage, Maximum Damage.
Copyright
© 2006 LewRockwell.com
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