The idealogies concerning Vietnam and the mideast are very different (religeous incited idealogy vs political) ... in Vietnam the US was not fighting just the Vietcong (insurgents), they were also fighting the North Vietmese regular army ... the Vietnam conflict incited a well structured passionate anti-war movement in the U.S., this mideast conflict is inciting rhetoric questioning it's purpose, the anti-war movement in the U.S. regarding Iraq is pratically non- existant, lacking the passion.

There are similarities in regards to the military approach the U.S. is taking, disasterous. Similiar in that the U.S. is jumping into something they just don't get ... again disasterous.

In regards to the recent Israel/Hizbollah fiasco ... Israel is fighting for it's life against a well supplied, well equiped organization that is out to completelydestroy them (again religious ideology)

Just a few points here.

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