http://www.netvouz.com/populist/tag/vietnam?feed=rss populist's bookmarks tagged "vietnam" on Netvouz http://www.populistamerica.com/nam_war_raq_war Many people who observe current events in the United States and overseas have said, "We are fighting the Vietnam war all over again." As many military experts have noted, Iraq is not precisely Vietnam. But there are significant similarities. Clearly, some people did not learn from it. populist Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:46:24 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/chicken_hawks_are_real_and_dangerous Most recently, the chicken hawk label has been put on politicians and people in government, think tanks, various organizations as well as average Americans who pushed for and supported the invasion of Iraq, but avoided service in Vietnam when they were younger. populist Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:50:09 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/going_in_circles_vietnam_iraq_calls_for_impeachment In Vietnam and Iraq, we tried to occupy a country that posed minimal threat to the U.S. We waged a counterinsurgency effort against adequately skilled, motivated and well-supplied fighters who did not want us occupying their land. We tried to prop up a weak and corrupt foreign government that we had helped install. populist Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:29:53 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/revisiting_the_vietnam_war_era With the Iraq war continuing, the lists of dead and wounded getting longer and protests about the war growing stronger, it seems like time to revisit some key events of that era. populist Sun, 19 Nov 2006 15:54:55 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/the_v_and_the_t_words Like the Iraq War, terrorism was a real phenomenon in the Vietnam War. However, it was never offered as its raison d'etre populist Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:07:28 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/the_price_of_imperial_arrogance Today, echos of Vietnam are heard again resonating from the Middle East more loudly than 30 years ago. Does anyone in Washington high circles understand George Santayana's famous dictum that "those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it?" populist Mon, 27 Nov 2006 02:48:46 GMT