Iraq - Viet Nam Same Song Different Verse

O.K. a quick review for the uninformed:

Gulf of Tonkin - 9-11
Threat of Communism - Threat of Terrorists
Indigenous insurgents (Viet Cong, Mujadeen)
Stay the course - ditto
Massive military buildup - ditto
Massive casualties - ditto
Draft - Back Door Draft, but not for long

Those old enough to remember Viet Nam know this scene all too well. Iraq is like watching a bad re-make. Here are the major differences. Right now our government controls the flow of information coming out of Iraq, so that Americans don't get to visualize the blood and gore of war. In the 60's mainstream journalists were free to roam the battlefields and sent back daily pictures of how we were getting our asses kicked in the jungles of Viet Nam. But today, we have the Internet and Bloggers who can cut through the bull-shit lies that are thrown at us day after day. If we had a full blown military draft in place right now this war would have been over by now. Unlike Viet Nam, most Americans are untouched by this war. They have no buy-in so they have been slow to react. It is now first dawning on them that this war is a total clusterfuck. And many Americans are now starting to realize that the whole damn thing was orchestrated through lies and deceptions. We may accept alot of things, but we don't like being outright lied into a pre-emptive war.

When you write your elected officials, your newspaper editors, etc. remind them that we have witnessed this type of warfare before and we know how the story ends. This is sadly the next verse of the same old song.

You're right - Iraq is like watching a bad remake of the Vietnam War. Another war where there were just as many lies, deciet and controversy surrounding it.

So when do you think we'll see the first bad Iraq War film?

called "overthere"

A bad remake of Apocalypse Now starring Ashton Kutcher set in the Iraq War.

the vietnamese had rice. the Iraqi have oil.

to fly off the roof of the embassy in Baghdad....