... smaller groups from Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Thailand, but the U.S. was missing Britain and who was there main partner. The Vietnam War was an awful war that affected millions of people in many different countries. Wars usually start because there is a difference in people's opinions, and the Vietnam War that was the case. It started because France and Vietnam's leader, Ho Chi Minh, had a ... difference in opinion about the type of government Vietnam should have. In the1750's is where the French started the whole thing with Vietnam. For years and years the people of V...

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... speech King told of the horrors of war and the consequences that follow. It is easy to see that these two literary works and the recent war in Iraq are comparable. "The Butchering at Wounded Knee" and the Iraq's physical characteristics are very similar. "Time to Break Silence" voiced the opinions of those against the Vietnam War which are the same as those against the war in Iraq. "The Butchering at Wounded Knee ... ", has many details that can be directly related to the current events in Iraq. In the story, Black Elk ... is said to have only carried his sacred bow into battle, while th...

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... ."1 Since Afghanistan sanctioned al Qaeda and Afghan leaders refused to "hand over the terrorists," they became "the prime target in America's war on terrorism."2 The United States believed that by bringing to justice those behind the 9/11 attacks, they would show the world that terrorism, especially against the United States, would not be tolerated. Since al Qaeda had strong grievances against Americans ... to take control of Afghanistan and later Iraq were successful; the task of democratic nation building proved to be difficult, especially in Iraq. American policy makers ignored the d...

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... complete their task. Following this premise it could be argued that the war is unnecessary as it leads to the deaths of soldiers and civilians and is the cause of human suffering. It took the death of 56000 US soldiers in the Vietnam War for the US to admit defeat and withdraw from communist Vietnam. A further reason against the war is the damage to local and national infrastructure within Iraq and to a lesser ... degree the US. A nation's infrastructure takes many years to build and its breakdown ... ...

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... hit Israel and you'll see what will happen.everyone says we go over there for oil, no in 1991 when the war first started schartzcof *dont know how to spell his name but was the general in charge of desert storm* any way right before it started america and allies had very reliable Intel that said ... he had AT MOST 18 scud launchers (vehicle to launch weapons *biological or nuclear if need be*) when the war ended and we got to go through his stuff we found out he had no where near that many he had 215 if he could hide that much ... stuff from us right before war time and we have one of ...

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... the United States, in WW2, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The latter being the one that caused most dissention amongst the general public in both countries. The slogan "All the way with LBJ" (Lynden B Johnson) rang hollow with the Australian public because they felt they had no connection with the civil war raging in Vietnam and the fact that conscription was implemented only added fuel to the fire. However, for many World War 2 veterans the Battle of the ... Coral Sea stands out as a turning point in the Japanese invasion of ... ...

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... complete their task. Following this premise it could be argued that the war is unnecessary as it leads to the deaths of soldiers and civilians and is the cause of human suffering. It took the death of 56000 US soldiers in the Vietnam War for the US to admit defeat and withdraw from communist Vietnam. A further reason against the war is the damage to local and national infrastructure within Iraq and to a lesser ... degree the US. A nation's infrastructure takes many years to build and its breakdown ... ...

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... they may have used them or let terrorist use them against other countries. A nuclear or chemical attack anywhere in the world could start a war that would have disastrous results. On the other hand those who oppose the war have legitimate opinions. Those Americans who remember the Vietnam and Korean wars have not forgotten. Thousands of soldier's lives were lost in what seems to have been pointless ... battles. No Americans really want the repeat of either war or the uncertainty that comes with war. Additionally, the lives of thousands of Iraqi men, women, and ... children were put at r...

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... fear to the minds of every individual. War is defined as the state of open, armed, often a prolonged conflict or contention carried on between nations, states or even parties. Over the last 40 years, the U.S has bombed Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Yugoslavia and many other nations. War between nations has only brought about distress, costs innocent lives and ruins the economic conditions of the country. In the end of the war, the victory only ... belongs to one nation. War has always been chosen as the alternative when two nations disagree or are under bad ... ...

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... the Bush administration has not yet made the case for war; and that a war on Iraq will not be an easy war. In my opinion, as the war goes on, the Bush administration seems to be stretching things to keep people in favor of the war. In the ... the war. Also I do not believe we are being very effective in our military efforts. More Americans have died after the war "ended" than during it. We don't have the correct strategies in finding the people causing the problems either. We try to gain the ... Iraqis respect and yet we raid their houses, hundreds at a time, in the middle of the night...

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... of innocent people will suffer or die. In any war there are casualties of solders on the battlefields but no matter what precautions the opposing parties take to minimize civilian casualties there will always be the unavoidable deaths of innocent people "caught in the crossfire" so to speak. According to The United States Civil War Center Website, in Vietnam an estimated 587 thousand civilians were killed and left ... approximately 900 thousand children orphaned. Laura King A.P. writer for the Seattle Post Inteligencer (Feb. 12/2002) says that approximately 500-600 civilians died in the...

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... just another Vietnam War. There are definitely some striking similarities between Iraq and Vietnam, but there are differences as well. Vietnam was a war of politics. Kennedy was drawn into this war not because the U.S. was in immediate danger, but because he was scared of communism. He was trying to keep the communist Chinese and Viet Cong from taking over the entirety of the small nation ... , were there almost a decade, long after the American citizen support was gone. During this war in Asia an American presidential election came about and an important topic for the candidates was ge...

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Resemblance Between Gulf of Tonkin and the War in Iraq From the dry mountains to the soaking forest, the War in Iraq and the Vietnam War have been wars of protest and anger. As the death totals continue to spike in Iraq, up to 301 , the more comparisons are being drawn between the two. If the war on terror continues to develop like the war on communism our great nation could be facing some very ... to "restore international peace and security to the region." The Bush resolution is similar to the Tonkin resolution in that it was used to justify the expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia an...

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... his country. Others felt that the war in Vietnam was unjust. Many young men questioned why they should fight if they didn't believe that the war was moral (Clifford 318). The Military draft should not be forced if the war is immoral. Drafting men that mentally cannot perform on the battlefield can be a danger. The problem with a draft is that the military can do all the physical test and standard checks ... kids that might loose their minds, and put thousands in jeopardy. The military drafts enforced in the 1960's made many Americans think twice of the effectiveness of the draft. This is ...

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... with further research of this topic. In 1964 the United States got involved in the Vietnam conflict. Even though it wasn't declared a war people called it a war anyway. One reason was the death toll, but not just on Americans. For instance the death toll on allied troops was 282,000, on just Americans the toll was 55,000 not including the 365,000 civilians dead resulting in 1.3 million casualties ... of war. Not to mention the 150 billion dollars on aid ... things like this. There are things other than wars we have conflicts. Which sometimes became really big things like Vietnam, but u...

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... of writing in order to persuade and manipulate the reader. The article written by Mr Mann titled I protested against Vietnam - but this is different uses several different techniques to influence the reader. Mr Mann is adamant that this almost inevitable war with Iraq is not the same as Vietnam. After having protested against the Vietnam war, the writer says that Vietnam was different and that it is ridiculous to ... make out Saddam Hussein as another Ho Chi Minh. The writer uses cynical and ... bitter tones as a way of persuading the reader, for example when he writes "if anyone needs...

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... year period. Another fact that stood out to me is that the unemployment rate was 5.2%, which is not much different than today's rate. Some of the big news stories if the year were as follows.... The first US combat troops arrived in Vietnam. By the end of the year, 190,000 American soldiers were in Vietnam to fight the war. My father was also one of these soldiers over in ... Vietnam. And here we are today in the year 2003 getting ready to go to war with Iraq. Another news story which ... happened on July 1, 1965 was the race riots ... ...

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... listen and will probably judge her the wrong way. . My friend would just giver her mother smart remarks and just tell her that she doesn't understand. Trying to relate to her daughter, she told her about things that she did on school. I remember that her mother told her that she protested at her school during the Vietnam War when she was young. Her brother ... and cousin were drafted into the war and both were killed in action. She made signs that read "Peace" "Let our generation live and prosper", and other types of slogans that ... themselves. She never told me what they said back, b...

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... urgency" being created by our government they probably will not have time to train the rest who will go. The journalists who do go will not be allowed to carry or fire weapons like they did in Vietnam. (pg.2) They will not be issued military uniforms like they were in the past and they will have to provide themselves with helmets and fatigues. They ... will be given access to the "NBC" gear which is used to protect from nuclear, biological, and chemical attacks and will ... satellite phone which if anyone remembers ran live on CNN almost all day. This time there is already between 2 an...

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... very low IQs and no education. Students believe there may not have been so many "important men" making excuses today about why they didn't serve in the war, if the graduating class of Yale, Harvard, Stanford and the UW were drafted As women strive for equality, many believe it is unfair for gender to be a factor when deciding who gets drafted. "Things have ... do not want to fight," said Lane. He believes it is not the numbers but the conviction of the heart that will make the loudest statements in the end. Students at JCSU become very emotional when speaking about the possibility of rei...

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... country knew about them, WWII did not see much use of chemical weapons of the field. Chemical gases were still used to great effect in German Concentration camps for killing the prisoner Jews. Hydrogen Cyanide, was commonly used in gas chambers to wipe out large numbers of Jews. During the Vietnam War, 12 gallons of Agent Orange, a herbicide, were dumped on Vietnamese forests. Agent ... Orange was a combination of two potent herbicides. One of the herbicides contained dioxins, one of the most powerful toxins. Agent Orange was used to kill entire forests in one spraying, killing all anim...

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... to spread democracy through the Middle East. Many people agree with this attempt to scatter democracy for a greater good. But will it be worth the lives sacrificed? Possibly if we can control middle eastern situation. Still, many lives are being lost. The U.S. death toll in Iraq has surpassed the number of American soldiers killed during the first three years of the Vietnam War. It is hard to ... turn on the television without seeing on the news that more troops are being killed everyday, knowing ... that it is hurting the morality of the country. President Bush declared that Iraq was w...

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... and political superpower, in a century that was for a long time been best characterized as the USSR-USA century. Equally Asia has been struck by fundamental changes: from the imperial China to the communist China, the Vietnam war, the Korean war, the independence of India, the Iran Iraq war, the Gulf war, etc. Economy plays the most important role or is the main criteria in a country's prestige and power; economically strong states started to have more ... power on international affairs. Such strength of some countries has led them to interpret the term globalization as their right to ....

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... do what they want. Also American people are fake patriots, they turn patriotic in times of misfortune, such as September 11, or the war. In other countries American people are viewed as, ignorant, stuck up, not caring, selfish, lazy and fake. American people have ... the fighting had to happen, many of the casualties could have been limited, if the country could have been smarter. In the case of the Vietnam conflict, why did 58,000 soldiers had to die in over ten years? Many of them died because the Country refused to declare war. So the ... soldiers before engaging in a fight had to ge...

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... 's political viewpoints. This is no exception in my case. From the time I was very young, I can recall instances when I listened intently to my parents" political viewpoints and absorbed them as my own; such was the case in the early 1990s with the coming of the Gulf War. I specifically remember my mother and father calling this war "another Vietnam" in that more innocent young men would be unnecessarily sent ... over to Iraq to be senselessly murdered in the prime of their life. From the moment I first heard these statements, almost robotically, I began to mimic ... ...

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