Brandon9000 wrote:Titus wrote:The similarity between the two is, we're involved in a guerilla war in Iraq where American soldiers don't know who they're fighting or even why they're there.
Is this correct? Why do you believe that most American soldiers don't know who they're fighting or why they're there? Do you have some poll data I could look at, or some other evidence of this?
1) Why do most of the soldiers not know who they are fighting? Think about it... it will come to you.... The fact that nearly all the people they are fighting happen to be part of the civilian population. They have to be wary of who they are around at all times. They can't possibly know who's carrying explosives under their shirt, or who has a bomb in their truck.
If you'll be so kind as to remember all the civilian casualties of 'nam. I'm not blaming the soldiers, their was no way to know who was a fighter and who was not. The soldiers in 'nam had to face the Vietcong, who happened to be mixed in the population, and supported by a majority of the civilians.
2) I belive getting into Iraq was a really bad idea. But we are there now, and must stay there to finish the job. If we don't maintain what order and control we have, and just leave, it could turn into something very similar to the Iranian revolution of the 70's.
