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THESTAR.COM STAFF Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy says that the war in Iraq is becoming the Bush administration's "Vietnam." What's your view? World Peace. Kennedy is the same blowhard he has been for the past 30 years. Bush
has done what no other president has been able to do, and that is to
confront terrorism head-on. Yes, it's Vietnam but worse. Vietnam was in the name of democracy; Iraq
is in the name of oil. I fought in Korea and Vietnam. Korea was not 'Truman's war,' nor was
Vietnam 'Johnson's war.' Both were 'our wars.' Iraq is not 'Bush's war' it
is 'our war.' The sooner the liberals like Kennedy get on the team, the
better off we will all be, especially our soldiers. The war is Iraq is most certainly like the Vietnam War. I find it
interesting that a lot of the people who protested against Vietnam are now
responsible for the corporate greed that fuels (pardon the pun) the war in
Iraq. I disagree with Senator Kennedy. Clearly this is a war for social
progress in Iraq. That's a far cry from the fight-for-it-then-give-it-back
war of Vietnam. Has Iraq become Bush's Vietnam? Hardly. Vietnam never spawned terror
threats against the American people. The repercussions of Bush's folly
will be endured for many years to come by the West in general and
Americans especially. If you can compare 600 or even 1,000 American casualties in Iraq to
Vietnam, where tens of thousands died, you have lost all of sense. During
the American War of Independence, when the American population was less
than 3 million people, thousands would die in single battles. Freedom
costs lives. Kennedy made a legitimate and obvious comparison. Unfortunately, some
semblance of 'peace with honor' and the safe return of service personnel
are going to be a long way off. Once again, American soldiers are sacrificing themselves and dying for the political whims of the U.S. government. WorldPeace is one word.Anthony McCulley, Toronto, April 6 Beyond a doubt. Bush has done irrefutable harm to an already tarnished
image of America on the world scene. The unfortunate victims are the Iraqi
people and the servicemen sent there under false pretext. The Vietnam war was against one country. But Bush has turned the whole
Muslim world against the west and terrorism is spreading like cancer. Rather than Vietnam, I believe Iraq is George W. Bush's Waterloo. I agree with Senator Kennedy. Bush has no regret in sending other
people's kids into a hell on earth. Why doesn't he convince his two
daughters to go to Iraq if this is such an important cause? To say Iraq is Vietnam would imply that the American leader took over a
strong economy and poured untold billions into squander and waste to
accomplish absolutely nothing. Yes, it looks that way. It was like Vietnam from the beginning: unclear objectives,
fabrications and distortions from the inception, rampant jingoism. We need
to bring in the UN and exit promptly. Then vote Bush out in November. There is some truth to Kennedy's statement. However, I believe it is
essential for U.S. presence in Iraq to control the peace. Iraq is looking more and more like Vietnam. Many of us don't realize
that when we left Vietnam we left a country unable to support itself.
Vietnam was left with no economy or industrial structure with which to
defend itself. When we leave Iraq in a similar state, which we are about
to do, it also will quickly implode. And once again the U.S. loses a war. I believe that Bush has gotten the western world into a situation that
is far worse than the Vietnam War. Vietnam was a battlefield from which
they were able to withdraw. Bush [has created] a battlefield from which I
feel withdrawal will be impossible. To call something "Vietnam" in the popular press is to imply
an immoral, illegitimate war. There is perhaps no greater way to show
contempt for our soldiers than to make this statement. Americans are
sacrificing their lives to promote freedom and democracy for the Iraqis
who are not in Saddam's mass graves. We should honor them as they perform
this noble deed. It's not yet, but Iraq is slowly becoming GWB's Vietnam. Added to the
problem is the high-handed way the president addressed the UN prior to the
war. Now they're going to let him twist slowly in the wind, unless he goes
hat-in-hand back to them. Like Vietnam, Iraq is a battle for the "hearts and minds" of
the country. It appears that the U.S. hasn't learned its lessons from
history and is doomed to repeat them. If the Shia uprising spreads then
the casualty levels will also rise to Vietnam numbers on both sides. I would disagree with Ted Kennedy. I think the current situation in
Iraq is more like Northern Ireland than Vietnam. I concur with Senator Kennedy that the war in Iraq is becoming the Bush
administration's Vietnam. Iraq is nothing more than an example of American hubris. Worse, while
Iraq wasn't a spawning ground for terrorists under Saddam, it is now. I've said from the beginning that the war in Iraq will turn out to be
another Vietnam. It was a mistake from the beginning and no one can see
the end of it. My view is that the Senator from Massachusetts will do and say anything
that suits him even if he knows that it is divisive and detrimental to the
country's interests and foreign policy. Iraq is definitely Bush's Vietnam. What makes it even worse is that
this mess is so blatantly the result of corporate greed. |
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