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I knew before the war started that this would turn uber ugly a few weeks after the higher ups declared we won.
All of my friends who were being super patriotic waving flags and buying into all the TV propaganda would just about want to exchange blows when I spoke my thoughts. I personally did not support the choice to invade but once we did, I could only pray that it all worked out. Did not matter anymore if we should have or should not have, we had to now hope for the best outcome.
Comparing the two wars ok conflicts, can not be done yet. In my opinion Vietnam was a needed micro conflict in a much bigger picture. Vietnam could have been won if not for the way the Government handled it.
This conflict on the other hand is alot different. It is not black and white like Vietnam was. This is a religious war no matter how one spins it.
Anytime you have people that are willing to kill themselves to even just hurt you, it is going to get very fucking ugly. We are being forced to treat everyone as potential hostiles, thus creating hostiles as a result.
Then with the thought process of the American people, they will turn on our efforts and our conflict a whole lot faster than they did in Vietnam, well before the body count even gets close.
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