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Totally mistrust politicians trying to play general in a war.
Do not go to war unless your citizens are behind you and your government is all in and committed to win in as short a time as possible.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe military lesson learned can only be applied to another nation, such as the former USSR or Red China. W/O such a nation to fight...those lessons cannot be applied. The lesson was briefly applied during Desert Storm against Iraq in Jan/Feb '91. That highly successful (ground) campaign lasted only 100 hours and cost less than 200 US personnel (deaths). From a military stand point, it was an EXCELLENT operation...and was led by two Viet Vets Swartzkoph and Powell both of whom served in the Americal Division in South Vietnam.
With no nation to fight and only terrorist/gang/insurgent/guerrilla type wars...the ONLY way to combat them is with specialized warfare...Special Forces. Snipers are by far the best way to terminate those problems. Long, medium, and short range eliminations at only a dollar per terrorist (the price of one center fire rifle cartridge). Instead of 12 persons firing a thousand dollars worth of bullets and hitting nothing and becoming casualties themselves (as is mostly the case in the first 8 years of the 21st century), it would be far more COST EFFECTIVE to utilize ONE trained sharpshooter and ONE bullet to terminate the problem(s). An excellent example was those African hi-jackers (whom the press desired to make heros of by crowning them with a "Pirates of the Caribbean" header)...those criminals were killed with one shot apiece by USN SEALS. The US taxpayer paid about $10.00 (ten dollars) to eliminate those hi-jackers. And no US Sailor was harmed.
Thats how ya do it!
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∙ 14y agoOne. That we should not underestimate the enemy, no matter how powerful we are. Two. We need the support of the media andthe public to win a war.
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What are some connections between the Vietnam and Iraq wars?
None. The US is not at war with Iraq. In Vietnam, the US was at war with North Vietnam.
What illegal war acts did the US and Vietnam do in the Vietnam war?
The US tested napalm, bombs and chemical weapons on the Vietnam civilians.
When did the US go to war in Vietnam?
Guerrilla war in South Vietnam '55; conventional war with North Vietnam '64.
How many people die in US during war with Vietnam?
Over 58,000 US servicemen died in the Vietnam War.
Who started the Vietnam war America or Vietnam?
North Vietnam started the war against South Vietnam; the US went to the aid of the South.
What important lesson about warfare did the Vietnam war offer the US?
Airmobile warfare: the helicopter
Why was the US at war with Vietnam?
We were at war with Vietnam because they disagreed with us about something.
WHERE did the US attack the Vietnam war?
Vietnam
What are the differences with the war of Vietnam and Iraq?
The US is not at war Iraq. The US was at war with a nation called North Vietnam.
Between the wars of Iraq and Vietnam?
The US is not at war with Iraq. The US was at war with North Vietnam.
What was the cost to the US of the Vietnam war?
See website: Vietnam War
Who won the Vietnam war between US and Vietnam?
What are some connections between the Vietnam and Iraq wars?
None. The US is not at war with Iraq. In Vietnam, the US was at war with North Vietnam.
What illegal war acts did the US and Vietnam do in the Vietnam war?
The US tested napalm, bombs and chemical weapons on the Vietnam civilians.
In the US you mainly know about Vietnam because of the Vietnam War?
Yes. Before the US committed to the Vietnam War, many Americans had not even heard of Vietnam.
Did the Vietnam war unify the US?
Like the US Civil War in the 1860s the Vietnam War in the 1960s divided America.
Why is the conflict in Iraq similar to the conflict in Vietnam?
The US is NOT at war with Iraq. The US was at war with North Vietnam.
