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The Whiskey Priest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 09:03 PM
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Bush’s War in Iraq is not like Vietnam.
Edited on Mon Apr-05-04 09:04 PM by The Whiskey Priest
It is more analogous to the Soviet's war in Afghanistan. The outcome could be similar also, the fall of our form of government.
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Prodemsouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 09:07 PM
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1. You could be on to someting- I could see a split up between Red and
Edited on Mon Apr-05-04 09:10 PM by Prodemsouth
Bleu states. (on edit: I did a French spelling of Bleu- A anti merrican slip) Remember listening to someone on talk radio advocating that after 2000 election when they thought Bush might not be appointed and it would go to Gore.
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laura888 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 09:10 PM
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2. Did Vietnam have 1000's of contract mercenaries?
this war is a whole different animal
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BillZBubb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 09:14 PM
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3. Actually it did.
The CIA had all kinds of "contractors" doing all sorts of dirty work. They also bribed several of the indigenous tribes to work for us as mercenaries apart from ARVN.

Even so, you are right, this is a much different war.
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