“You go back and look at things like Civil War, World War II, Vietnam, a lot of people dying in state-sponsored arm conflict” PeopleWorldLooksWarStatesDyingArmsConflictWar Of The WorldsCivil WarVietnamWorld War IiWorld War IPeople Dying Author:Juan Williams
“You don't have to be Dave Halberstam to see that the American role in both conflicts [the Iraq war and the Vietnam conflict] is characterized by arrogance, ignorance and self-delusion at the highest levels of government.” WarSelfGovernmentLevelsRolesIgnoranceConflictHighestIraqArroganceDelusionVietnamIraq WarDaveSelf Delusion Author:Jonathan Yardley
“With respect to where we are now, we have a voluntary army. And if we ever go back to conscription I hope that at time it will be the kind of conscription that was put in at the end of the Vietnam War. And that is, everybody is equally liable to be called to serve the nation in time of conflict.” IfsKindWarEndsNationsConflictArmyVietnamVietnam WarLiableConscription Author:Colin Powell
“Vietnam is a jungle. You had jungle warfare. Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, you have sand. [There is no need to worry about a protracted war because] from a historical basis, Middle East conflicts do not last a long time.” NeedsLongWarLastsWorryMiddleConflictLong TimeBasesHistoricalIraqEastSandVietnamMiddle EastWarfareJungleArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisKuwaitMiddle East Conflict Author:Dan Quayle
“In every major war we have fought in the 19th and 20th centuries. Americans have been asked to pay higher taxes - and nonessential programs have been cut - to support the military effort. Yet during this Iraq war, taxes have been lowered and domestic spending has climbed. In contrast to World War I, World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam, for most Americans this conflict has entailed no economic sacrifice. The only people really sacrificing for this war are the troops and their families.” PeopleWorldHas BeensWarEffortPaySupportCuttingSacrificeEconomicCenturyMilitaryHigherConflictTaxesMajorsProgramIraqSpendingWar Of The WorldsVietnamWorld War IiContrastWorld War ITroops20th CenturyKoreanIraq WarKorean War Author:Robert Hormats
“The intellectual and moral failures common to America's general officer corps in Vietnam and Iraq constitute a crisis in American generalship. Any explanation that fixes culpability on individuals is insufficient. No one leader, civilian or military, caused failure in Vietnam or Iraq. Different military and civilian leaders in the two conflicts produced similar results. In both conflicts, the general officer corps designed to advise policymakers, prepare forces and conduct operations failed to perform its intended functions.” TwoDifferentAmericaIndividualForceResultsCommonLeaderMoralMilitaryConflictIntellectualFunctionCrisisIraqOperationsExplanationOfficersVietnamAdviseCiviliansInsufficientMoral FailureCulpability Author:Paul Yingling
“What is the influence of Sun Tzu in the world today? Perhaps there are others who are better qualified than I to speculate about that question. Sun Tzu's ideas, as expressed in his famous treatise, have undoubtedly influenced the nature of many revolutionary movements that are arrayed against more powerful forces, and in some cases - as in Vietnam - have played a useful role in bringing about success. But such ideas are always in conflict with other deepseated emotional factors, which propel dissident movements into the rampant use of terrorism and other forms of anarchistic struggle.” WorldIdeasUseTodayFormForcePowerfulRolesCasesStruggleSunInfluenceMovementEmotionalConflictTerrorismFactorsRevolutionaryVietnamQualifiedWorld TodayNature Of ManDissidentsAbout Success Author:William J. Duiker
“The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security.” WorldTwoWarSecurityTruth IsConflictStandingIraqVietnamNational SecurityVietnam WarIraq WarInvading Iraq Author:George McGovern
“One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically banned the photographing of wounded soldiers and coffins, thus sanitizing this terrible and bloody conflict.” WarEffectsMilitaryHigherTerribleLessonsConflictNegativeSoldierIraqVietnamBloodyWoundedVietnam WarCoffinsBannedDepictionLesson LearnedWounded Soldier Author:Walter Dean Myers
“After every major conflict - World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the fall of the Soviet Union - what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep across-the-board cuts.” WorldWarFallForceCuttingHappenedConflictMajorsUnionsBoardsWar Of The WorldsVietnamSovietWorld War IiWorld War ISoviet UnionKorea Author:Leon Panetta