Erudite#1 asked:


The Iraq War will end up just like the Vietnam War. Although many people refuse to accept that it will be another Vietnam (by stating that American casualties is not as heavy as in the Vietnam War), but all the other ingredients that will make it another Vietnam are there. Primarily, the majority of the American people does not support the war. President Bush’s approval rating is at its lowest, 28% (mainly because the majority disagree of the way he managed the war). Many Republicans distanced themselves away from Bush’s policies. Militarily, there are no set goals or objectives to achieve. Simply put, the words surge or stay the course would not achieve anything because there isn’t any clearly defined set of objectives to pursue. Even the claims of winning or losing the war became already so obscured, because there are no metrics or yardstick to correlate them to. It appears that the American troops are only baby-sitting an Iraqi civil war, something that they really cannot do anything about (for they cannot take sides to favor either the Sunnis or the Shias). Since the war’s beginning, all the top military commanders already made it clear that military action alone wouldn’t win the war. The overall strategy should also include political solutions, economic solutions, socio-religious solutions, and diplomatic dialogues with Iraq’s neighbors. Now, it’s already the 4th year of the war and only the military solution has been pursued all along (and the U.S. is not even winning convincingly in this aspect alone). All the other solutions were completely ignored.

So yes, the Iraq War have a lot of parallels with the Vietnam War. It’s only a matter of time before the policy-makers in Washington realizes this.
Source: From a person with the screen name Botsakis. Thanks Botsakis!!

Calvin

BOYBOY asked:


I was trying to do some research on this topic, but all I can find are the negitive side affects of the war in iraq. Someone please help!

Eugene

James G. asked:


Ive seen pictures of bush or U.S. secretary of defense talking to the prime minister of iraq.. but how can we do that and act like nothings going on when in fact both of us are fighting?

Are we not in war in Iraq but we’re at war with something from Iraq? I’m confused!

Sally

THE PATRIOT asked:


Are All Politicians afraid to lose money once the war in Iraq is over? How much money they are putting in their pockets? is it money more important for the Politicians than we the people and the nation? Why they dont care and why they are always against the will of our people and our nation?

Danny