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Let's see here:The US had 31,770 volunteer deaths, 17,647 drafted military deaths, 624 reservists die, 68 national guard deaths, and 203 unknown deaths in Vietnam. Total deaths = 50,312Iraq, so far, has had something like 600+ deaths, all volunteer service.Is Iraq really an accurate comparison to Vietnam?What truly upset about this comparison to Vietnam, is that this sort of thing does contribute to the decline of morale in our troops overseas. I'm not implying that critical discourse is bad, just that people should consider the effect of their actions and words.As support for the war effort wanes, we might actually be faced with a Vietnam equivalent, not in the number of dead/killed. But in that the troops could return to a country not as the heroes that they are, but unappreciated and reviled. That would be terrible. So, support your troops at the very least. Call for a pull-out or whatever, but remember that we have countrymen over there that are part of a volunteer military that have risked or laid down their lives for your freedom to flame away on these boards. Inifinte, you're a fucking moron. John Walker 2.0 sums you up nicely.
I'm now gonna call Vietnam "Ted Kennedy's Brother's Iraq." I will also continue to call Jack Daniels "Ted Kennedy's Pepsi"
I think the calling it a "Vietnam" has more to do with the fact that it was an unjustified war, a war we had no reason to fight in, a war that that we had no right to fight, etc. The death toll is WAY lower than that of Vietnam, but it still is higher than expected.
Quote from: FuNk-U-uP on April 07, 2004, 01:19:12 PMI think the calling it a "Vietnam" has more to do with the fact that it was an unjustified war, a war we had no reason to fight in, a war that that we had no right to fight, etc. The death toll is WAY lower than that of Vietnam, but it still is higher than expected. You're wrong. The reason Ted Kennedy (and he has stated this) has given for calling it "Vietnam" is because he says it's a "Quagmire" whatever the fuck that is. It's a political talking point that the dems like to throw about about whatever they can pin on Bush... "It's a quagmire" people don't even talk like that, but yet the word keeps popping up in all these liberal mouthpieces out there. Why? .. because they're not even inspired enough to come up with their OWN wrong bullshit.Anyways, The simple reason this isn't like Vietnam is because when we pulled out of 'Nam, the regime was still in power and had actually expanded and taken over some further cities AFTER our invasion. 50 thousand died, etc.Compare that to 600 dead (or whatever the number is) today, and a toppled regime, a new government, and resources like power and water plants in better shape now than before the war, and you most definately can't intelligently compare this to Vietnam. Of course nobody's saying Teddie's intelligent. Hell, the only "I" word that describes him is "Inebriated".
Do some research into the reasons we fought Vietnam.
"Most citizens don't know the reasons we went to Vietnam. They still don't know the reasons. Just like most citizens don't really understand why we are in Iraq. Which is why Senetor Kennedy's comparison was appropriate. "No, Senator Kennedy, has stated, the reason he said that was because of the 'quagmire' we're in there. It's not about the reasoning, he's saying, actively, that it is as violent as Vietnam. Senator Kennedy is a dumbass, and you're aligning yourself with like company.