The Vietnam War (or conflict as I like to call it) wasn't a war about maintaining peace and "freedom", instead, it was a war about nationalistic influence and hegemony, drugs and most importantly, money. Sound familiar? The Iraq war is all about maintaining American presence on the oil-rich country so oil barons and defence contractors can all "walk out" will pockets full of dirty money. Right now, instead of peace-keeping and security, U.S. soldiers are merely looking after their superior's profits. Call them modern mercenaries. There are literally hundreds of evident comparisons between Vietnam and Iraq, but none appear more stark than the ones listed below:
1. Both wars were had "incidents" that provoked U.S. involvement. Vietnam was spurred by the Golf of Tonkin incident (a false-flag attack by the U.S. to illegally enter the firestorm) , and as for Iraq, it was the "leaked WMD papers" which infuriated the American people into believing that......