Why is every War or Military Operation...

[Guest Vern Gagne]

Whenever the U.S. enters a conflict the anti-war people also say this will be like Vietnam. Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti were all going to disasters for the U.S. .Somalia had the Blackhawk Helicopter shot down, but alot of that had to do with the Rangers not having any real backup.

[Guest Kotzenjunge]

I've yet to hear the current situation called another Vietnam, but it's really an argument to remind us of what could potentially happen if things don't go as well as planned. We just want to avoid another national embarrassment (not to mention 50,000 casualties).

[Guest Lethargic]

Because TV wants to hype it just like anything else. To them it's not people dying, it's ratings. It's no different from every other decent basketball player being called the next Michael Jordan.

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

"I've yet to hear the current situation called another Vietnam, but it's really an argument to remind us of what could potentially happen if things don't go as well as planned. We just want to avoid another national embarrassment (not to mention 50,000 casualties)."

 

At the start of this war on terror, Big Media compared this to Vietnam all the time. (I'm grouping this campaign in Iraq with the Taliban one. If you are talking about Iraq by itself then my bad.)

 

What I love observing are all the pseudo hippies saying that they are patriotic despite their protesting. Interesting. Too bad they don't apply this standard to people that oppose affirmative action -- if you oppose AA, then you're a RACIST is their common talking points answer...

[EL DANDY~! 0]

It's like this. Each party wants to come out good on this happens. It's just a matter of who is gonna come out on top between the big two parties. Who wants money? Who has the most, blah blah blah. It's just a ploy by everybody to get what they want, while we, the actual citizens, sit around like dumbasses. Irony is so fucking sweet to analyze...

[Guest NoCalMike]

Well in the big picture, the democrats and republicans are after the SAME THING. Don't believe the hype. Behind closed doors they are most likely equally as corrupt. The democrats just crack me up because they come out against Bush and then help vote everything he wants, in.

[Guest NoCalMike]

Oh and I have heard the situation with Iraq more closely associated with "starting WWIII" moreso than the next Vietnam.

[Guest Dangerous A]

Oh and I have heard the situation with Iraq more closely associated with "starting WWIII" moreso than the next Vietnam.

Yes, I've heard that too. But is that going on facts and logistics or is it just the media and their love for hyping everything like a heavyweight fight?

 

The Showdown with Iraq

 

Target: Iraq

 

Iraq vs The US

 

Three way dance: Iraq vs North Korea vs The US

 

Everywhere you look the media has everything hyped as a fight. What ever happened to just reporting news and facts as it is? Oh yeah, that got lost when the media decided it needed to entertain people before informing them.

[Guest NoCalMike]

Oh and I have heard the situation with Iraq more closely associated with "starting WWIII" moreso than the next Vietnam.

Yes, I've heard that too. But is that going on facts and logistics or is it just the media and their love for hyping everything like a heavyweight fight?

 

The Showdown with Iraq

 

Target: Iraq

 

Iraq vs The US

 

Three way dance: Iraq vs North Korea vs The US

 

Everywhere you look the media has everything hyped as a fight. What ever happened to just reporting news and facts as it is? Oh yeah, that got lost when the media decided it needed to entertain people before informing them.

Well if I remember correctly, it was from the Whitehouse where we FIRST HEARD the term, "Axis of Evil" and I haven't heard that sort of term since WWII's "Triple Axis" Also, Bush insists that Iraq was heavily involved in 9/11. I think the biggest supporter of this theory is Bush/Cheney themselves, oh and Rumsfield. They all insist we need to start going all over the world on this "personal mission" Yah, I am being vague, but hell it is 1:40 in the AM....

[Guest Brian]

The way I see it, we're trying to push shady circumstances across as enough to invade a foreign country. That's why people are calling it the next Vietnam.

[Guest DrTom]

If we'd only take the John Adams approach to democracy instead of the Woodrow Wilson approach, we could have spared ourselves the Somalia mess, the first Gulf War, and probably Vietnam. I think this situation with Iraq is a lot different than it was the first time, but we don't need to get our knickers in a twist because of a potential conflict between the Koreas.

[Guest Dopey]

The posibility of a slower ground-pound war does still exist. Most people don't want to hear that, but it is true. I don't see another Vietnam in Iraq, however, if we do try and get sadam, it will be bloodier than most think. Sorry, our smart-bombs won't take out that sadamite!!!

[Guest DrTom]

however, if we do try and get sadam, it will be bloodier than most think.

This is where an effective carpet-bombing campaign would do wonders.