Iraq and Vietnam The Vietnam War was fought over 14 years and it was a lot bigger than Iraq war. ... It started because France and Vietnam's leader, Ho Chi Minh, had a difference in opinion about the type of government Vietnam should have. ... During 1538 to 1914, Iraq was dominated by the Ottoman Turks, who divided Iraq into three provinces. ... The current "president" is Saddam Hussein, who originally rose to power in 1979 through a coup in which the Ba"ath Party overthrew the government of General Abdul Arif in Iraq of 2001. ... By the end of the war Iraq had to pay a h...

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The invasion of Afghanistan to rid it of Al Qaeda's rule was a reasonable act, but invaded Iraq, a neutral country, on trumped up charges of holding weapons of mass destruction was a mistake of the worst kind. The excursion into Iraq has cost America over 4,800 lives. ... Supposedly our government wanted Vietnam to be a democratic and free nation, yet the American government installed the corrupt despot Ngo Dinh Diem under the guise of free elections, which were, in all actuality, rigged. ... Once again, the American government displayed its callous disdain for human life. ... The govern...

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A more current example of guerrilla warfare was practiced by the Viet against the government of South Vietnam, and the United States forces sent there to support the government. ... A contemporary example of guerrilla warfare is the war in Iraq, which is technically over. ... Bush accused Iraq of possessing weapons of mass destruction. ... Although the war is technically over, Iraq has started a guerrilla war on the Americans. ... A regular guerrilla war has broken out in Iraq, and it is getting out of control. ...

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The plan was to give $400 million U.S. dollars in aid to Turkey and Greece with which to set up respective governments. ... American analysts had hoped that the invasion would spark a popular uprising against the Guatemalan government. When the citizens of Guatemala failed to revolt against their own government the CIA decided to take a more active role in the plot to overthrow Arbenz. ... Afghanistan The afghan war, which was from 1978-92, was a conflict between anti-Communist Muslim guerrillas and the Afghan government and Soviet Union. ... The conflict largely settled into a stalemate, ...

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Other War's covered by the media was the Iraq conflict in the 1990's. ... The medias main role was to cover the conflict in Iraq. ... The media provided news about the war to the public and provided propaganda that turned the American public against Iraq, it also dehumanized sadam Hussein. ... The media reported what the Iraqi government did and said during the Iraqi war all the while functioning under serve restrictions. ... Media coverage of the war in Iraq in 2003 got mixed reviews. ...

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Now I fully understand that Iraq is not Afghanistan, and the reasons for fighting are different. However, these protesters feel that it is not necessary to fight in Iraq but instead to spend the military budget on education. ... According to a CNN poll eighty-six percent of Americans feel that Iraq is a threat. (CNN) Protesters must understand that peace is unattainable when an entire country (Iraq) despises our nation. ... Thereby they would be able to have an influence on what is happening with our government, instead of a skeptical anti-government crowd. ...

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The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have bought the realism of what is going on in our heads. ... This meant it was a pre-existing condition which disqualified him for treatment or any kind of compensation from the United States Government. ... Fast forward to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, in an article titled "PTSD after deployment to Iraq: conflicting rates, conflicting claims" published in 2009, the authors J. ... After arriving to his duty assignment in 2006, he was shortly shipped off to Iraq. He served 15 long months during the most violent times in Iraq. ...

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Those cartoons went along with the support the government had with the media in battling those wars. ... And the government and the media were no longer bedfellows. ... Most recently as President George Bush was winning support from the Senate and House on authority to use force against Iraq, the news media was painting a different picture. ... Another reminder that the media was no longer espousing the government line. ... Is it the government controlling the media or is the media controlling the government? ...

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The dismissal of MacArthur seemed to be symbolic to the changing attitudes in American government and policy regarding how future wars would be waged. ... Its involvement again under the command of the U.N was to stabilize the region by expelling Iraq's forces, which had recently invaded Kuwait. ... For lack of a better word American and other allied forces virtually Obliterated Iraq's military. With Iraq's forces either destroyed or retreating Bush had a decision to make, contain Iraq's forces in Iraq, making the Persian Gulf War another limited war, or invade and occupy B...

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Background information: Before The War The Vietnam War, well known and brought up a lot in today's world as a comparison to the current Iraq war. This war took place because the Vietnams couldn't agree on one government so they broke up into two major parts, North and the South. North Vietnam wanted to have Communism for a government under the influence of Ho Chi Minh, and the South wanted to have democracy, under the influence of the French rule. ... The Government of America, noticed how people felt about this war, and started to make instant plans for the withdraw. ...

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Is War Necessary? There are many reasons why a country or several countries could go to war. Some of these reasons are just, however many of them are not. There are many movies made illustrating many different aspects of American wars, good and bad. The American Revolution was mainly a politica...

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Vietnam had been divided into two, in the midst of a communist administration in the North under Ho Chi Minh and an egalitarian government in the South under Ngo Dinh Diem. ... By 1975 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia had Communist governments (Westdad, Cuban and Vietnamese Challenges). ... Students protested local and federal governments as well as Johnson's policies in Southeast Asia. ... Immediately after the revolution Sadaam Hussein of Iraq, with the support of the U.S and a majority of the international community, invaded Iran in a war that lasted for over 8 years. ... The Soviet-Afghan...

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In the movie, "The Lucky One" Logan Thibault was a marine soldier who returns home from Iraq. ... What's even worse is that society don't seem to worry about this situation.They are ignorant government and citizen that steals the lives of human being. ...

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In this argument he claims that the war has escalated more governmental efforts to control information, manipulate and control the press, and pressure the public through distorted, dishonest documents such as the White Paper on Vietnam, (846). ... The President and our government are able to better analyze war situations without just jumping right in, this evident in our current situation with Iraq. ...

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In the second article, more currently published in 2014, by the British Film Institute in a publication name Sight and Sound, by the author Michael Brooke, draws comparisons of the indiscretions and inability to win over the 'hearts and minds' of the Vietnamese with the modern day issues America is facing in Iraq. ... During the Vietnam war, most of the content, such as news, seen back at home in America was extremely supportive of the actions of U.S. government and military. Most of this support came blindly, partially due to citizens ignorance as well as hidden government agendas....

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The longest war in American history, (besides the Iraq War), and probably one of the most controversial events in American history as a whole, the Vietnam war divided our country and resulted in over 58,000 American causalities. ... During this time, Ho Chi Minh had asked for the United States help in defending against the corrupt government of the south, but was refused. ... Being aided by these countries was the catalyst for Ho Chi Minh's North Vietnam adopting a communist government. ... It requires that men from the ages of 18 to 26 register with the government funded organization of ...

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In 1965, Johnson sent the first US combat troops into Vietnam and they left in 1973, accomplishing nothing. The United States was unable to defeat communism in South-East Asia between those years because of their ineptitude, and the superior tactics of the Viet Cong. There were many problems that ...

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A more direct method of gaining allies was the Truman Doctrine of 1946 which was used to justify support for any nation that the United States government believed was threatened by Communism during the Cold War period.2 It was the beginning of American policy for the cold war. ... The American government after the war, realized it was in a very profitable position, with many of the smaller countries having to choose whether to side with the reds or the red white and blue. ...

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