Comments on: Iraq Isn’t Vietnam…Yet http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/iraq_isnt_vietnamyet/ North Dakota's Most Popular And Influential Political Blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Will http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/iraq_isnt_vietnamyet/#comment-16886 Will Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://ed-dev.com/sab/entry/iraq_isnt_vietnamyet/#comment-16886 <blockquote>Iraq is not Vietnam, but it could become another Vietnam if we allow the terrorists - through their manipulation of the media - to demoralize us to the extent that we end our mission in Iraq before it is complete.</blockquote> This is a simple-minded view of Iraq. Iraq is more like Yugoslavia than Vietnam. At this point, there is no "our side vs their side" in Iraq. It is "their side vs their side" (eg, Sunnis vs Shiites and Kurds). Ethnic cleansing is a major problem in Baghdad. We're no longer simply fighting an insurgency; we're caught between various factions in a simmering civil war. The Bush administration has made a mess of Iraq. We need a fresh start with new leadership (dump Rummy!).

Iraq is not Vietnam, but it could become another Vietnam if we allow the terrorists – through their manipulation of the media – to demoralize us to the extent that we end our mission in Iraq before it is complete.

This is a simple-minded view of Iraq. Iraq is more like Yugoslavia than Vietnam. At this point, there is no “our side vs their side” in Iraq. It is “their side vs their side” (eg, Sunnis vs Shiites and Kurds). Ethnic cleansing is a major problem in Baghdad. We’re no longer simply fighting an insurgency; we’re caught between various factions in a simmering civil war.

The Bush administration has made a mess of Iraq. We need a fresh start with new leadership (dump Rummy!).

]]> By: aNONOMISLY http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/iraq_isnt_vietnamyet/#comment-16887 aNONOMISLY Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://ed-dev.com/sab/entry/iraq_isnt_vietnamyet/#comment-16887 one parallel between Vietnam and Iraq is how mediocre the local leaders we're depending on are (e.g. al-Maliki). ..most of the violence occuring in Iraq today is carried out by either an armed wing of a political party (e.g. Badr Brigade) or an armed group closely affiliated with a political party (e.g. Sadr's Mehdy Army and many of the Sunni insurgency) Take the following article in todays Wall Street Journal as an example: <a href='http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116134150290798791-search.html?KEYWORDS=Amarah&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month'>Sadr's Mahdi Army Seizes Iraqi City in Clash of Militias</a> one parallel between Vietnam and Iraq is how mediocre the local leaders we’re depending on are (e.g. al-Maliki). ..most of the violence occuring in Iraq today is carried out by either an armed wing of a political party (e.g. Badr Brigade) or an armed group closely affiliated with a political party (e.g. Sadr’s Mehdy Army and many of the Sunni insurgency)

Take the following article in todays Wall Street Journal as an example:

Sadr’s Mahdi Army Seizes Iraqi City in Clash of Militias

]]> By: Kevin Flanagan http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/iraq_isnt_vietnamyet/#comment-16888 Kevin Flanagan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://ed-dev.com/sab/entry/iraq_isnt_vietnamyet/#comment-16888 Don't they favor the partitioning of Iraq along ethnic lines, sharing the oil revenue? Don’t they favor the partitioning of Iraq along ethnic lines, sharing the oil revenue?

]]> By: gregdn http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/iraq_isnt_vietnamyet/#comment-16889 gregdn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://ed-dev.com/sab/entry/iraq_isnt_vietnamyet/#comment-16889 Does anyone want to speculate what the Baker commission will recommend? He's sure dropping a lot of hints. Does anyone want to speculate what the Baker commission will recommend? He’s sure dropping a lot of hints.

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