Quote Originally Posted by medicinal
Remember, Viet Nam, the 10,000 day war. .
There are many parallels to the way we fucked up in Vietnam to the way we are fucking up in Iraq. It's sad to see that our politicians can't learn from the past.

- We are in a war because of unrealistic fears: Vietnam-the spread of communisn, Iraq-terrorism (wmd's ) .

- Like Vietnam, we are making the mistake that this is a war of attrition. If we kill enough of them we'll win.

- In our efforst to save the people we are suposedly helping, we've made their lives even more fucked up.

-People who should be on our side now see us as "occupiers" not saviors.

-We continue to think we have all the answers and know better than the locals.

-Due to the fact that we've done such a shitty job,and the war has become so unpopular back home, we'll leave before it's finished. "Sorry we fucked up your country. Bummer. Now we're going home. Have fun fixing it"