U.S. officials and those in their orbit are now using the words “Vietnam” and “Afghanistan” in the same sentence. Top U.S. officials have reached out to a leading Vietnam war scholar to discuss the similarities of that conflict 40 years ago with American involvement in Afghanistan, where the U.S. is seeking ways to isolate an [...]
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U.S. Policymakers Let the Vietnam Comparison Out of the Bag
Posted: August 7, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, escalation, Vietnam
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