Is Iraq Another Vietnam
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Is Iraq another Vietnam? Are we making the same mistakes that were made not so long ago? These questions are in a lot peoples minds these days. These two wars have many things in common. The first is that they both are very controversial. Many people were against the Vietnam War and now many people not just in the United States but all over the world are against the Iraq war. These wars seem to be insignificant. They seem to be point less. These kinds of questions would never come up if there was not so much American money and lives being lost.
There are many comparisons between Vietnam and Iraq.
The first thing that pops out when you talk about these countries is that they both are very poverty-stricken. Both countries people are very much below the poverty level. They live day to day. So when the subject of war comes up many think what they can possibly fight with. They have no resources to fight a war against the United States. It is a very unfair war if you think about it.
The second thing that always pops out when you think of these two wars is how much the two presidents that are in charge of these wars are very similar in their thinking. In the article Iraq Isnt Vietnam but they rhyme examines this. The author quotes both Lyndon B. Johnson and George W. Bush. “Our military is confronting terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan and in other places so our people will not have to confront terrorist violence in New York or St. Louis or Los Angeles” (George W. Bush 2003) “If we dont stop the reds in South Vietnam, tomorrow they will be in Hawaii, and next week they will in San Francisco.” (LBJ 1966) It seems both them are trying to push their unwanted war on the public by making afraid. Afraid of what might happen tomorrow if we do not go to war. It really seems that George W. Bush went and plagiarized his speech from Lyndon B. Johnson. Therefore, should we not go and expel President Bush from the white house. If a college student was Plagiarizing he or she would be expelled from school so should we not return the favor for our beloved president.
Both of these presidents had reasons that they went into this war. President Bush had the fear of weapons of mass destruction. He believed that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass Destruction. He believes that Hussein was a huge threat to the world but as we, all discovered there were no weapons of mass Destruction. It was just an excuse for the United States to into Iraq to over throw Saddam. The excuse Johnson used to go into Vietnam was the communist. He said that if we do not help the poor people of Vietnam then the country would be taken over by communist.