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Vietnam was the second "hot battle" of the cold war (communist vs free world). Korea was the first. Korea was won; the communist's were stopped at the 38th parallel by an armistice, still in effect today. Vietnam was lost to the communists. Vietnam was (as was Korea) supported by Communist China and the Soviet Union. Both of these wars had to be fought as "limited wars' (with boundaries) so as NOT to envolve either Communist China or the Soviet Union DIRECTLY, as had occurred during the Korean War. North Vietnam, as North Korea, WWII, WWI, etc. involved the fighting of a nation (country) which consisted of a government with a national flag, an army, navy, and air force. The U.S., and it's allies were trying to defeat the above "nations (countries)" by the "force of arms'' (military force), commonly called WAR. Currently, the U.S. and it's coalition, is NOT fighting a war against the country of Irag. There is no flag to capture. Irag is a POLICE ACTION in which stability is trying to be established. The dictionary describes a police action as, "...a relatively localized military action...against insurgents... held to be violating international peace and order."

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