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Originally posted by RUgreek
Since the war ended a while ago...
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What did I miss. When did the war end? We're talking about the one with Iraq, right? The one with all of the car bombs going off and American Servicepeople being killed daily?
I know that The President said on that aircraft carrier that the fighting had ended, but I think most folks think that may have been a tad premature.
Or was there another war that I missed?
I know that people are tired of hearing about it, but this whole situation gets more like Viet Nam (at least to me) every day.
That one was called illegal by some people as well.
What is really scary is that the administrations back then kept talking about pacification and "Vietnamization" of the war as a way for the US to find "Peace with Honor." Vietnamization was longhand for getting the South Vietnamese to the point where their military forces could take over from the US.
Of course, that never happened.
In any event, it's no surprise that there may have been some background pressure -- and maybe a little stretching of the truth in making a case for this invasion.
Why is anyone surprised?