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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 10/19/2009
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WASHINGTON (CNN) - A slight majority of Americans
think that the war in Afghanistan is turning into...
another Vietnam, according to a new national poll which also indicates that nearly six in 10 oppose sending more U.S. troops to the conflict. ...
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CNN Poll: Will Afghanistan turn into another Vietnam?
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Obama's Choice: Failed War President or the Prince of Peace?
Commondreams.org Views —
... , which kill and maim villagers to this day . In the wake of out-and-out defeat in Indochina, Americans diagnosed themselves as suffering from a "Vietnam Syndrome" (resulting in a less muscular foreign policy -- embarrassing for a global superpower) and in need of a victory cure. In the 1980s and 1990s, this led to "triumphs" over such powers as the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada and Panama, a country whose "defense forces," in total, numbered just 12,000 (about half the size of the U.S. ground troops in the invading force) -- and cut-and-run flops in Lebanon and ...
Obama’s Choice
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... , which kill and maim villagers to this day . In the wake of out-and-out defeat in Indochina, Americans diagnosed themselves as suffering from a "Vietnam Syndrome" (resulting in a less muscular foreign policy — embarrassing for a global superpower) and in need of a victory cure. In the 1980s and 1990s, this led to "triumphs" over such powers as the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada and Panama, a country whose "defense forces," in total, numbered just 12,000 (about half the size of the U.S. ground troops in the invading force) — and cut-and-run flops in Lebanon and Somalia. ...
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Here's the thing: This may be our next "Vietnam moment," but Afghanistan is no Vietnam: there are no major enemy powers like the Soviet Union and China lurking in the background; no organized enemy state with a powerful army like North Vietnam ...
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Tomgram: William Astore, Apocalypse Then, Afghanistan Now
tomdispatch.com 10/12/2009 — Here's the thing: This may be our next "Vietnam moment," but Afghanistan is no Vietnam: there are no major enemy powers like the Soviet Union and China lurking in the background; no organized enemy state with a powerful army like North Vietnam ...
Vietnam: A History (9780140265477): Stanley Karnow: Books
amazon.com 10/11/2009 — "Vietnam: A History" is a masterfully written history of America's involvement in Vietnam - certainly one of the two best single-volume histories (along with "A Bright Shining Lie," by Neil Sheehan) of America's most regrettable war that I've read. ...
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themoderatevoice.com 9/22/2009 — As critics taunt the President about becoming another Jimmy Carter on the economy or Bill Clinton on health care reform, an older generation is haunted by the makings of another LBJ in Afghanistan.
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Senator Kerry: Vietnam Could Not Have Been Won | Newsweek Politics
newsweek.com 26 days ago — We must dispense with a dangerous myth. In an effort to pressure the president to send 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan, armchair commanders have dusted off the old canard that "we could have won in Vietnam if only … " Some revisionists contend we ...
Robert McNamera Dies Architect of Vietnam War
politicolnews.com 7/7/2009 — Robert McNamara the businessman that became the most influential Secretary of Defense died at the age of 93 years.
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Is Afghanistan Obama's Vietnam? —
CNN.com - Politics 10/24/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama says the war in Afghanistan isn't going to end up like Vietnam. A majority of Americans don't agree and don't want to get in any deeper, but even they don't like the alternative.
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