Vietnam History To repeat in Iraq

September 5, 2007 at 12:08 pm | Posted in Beware, Current Affairs, Current Topics, Dissection, Iraq, Lifescape, Military Operations, Muslims, People, Reactions, Reflections, Relations, Reviews, War | Leave a comment

Getting out of Iraq

Mural depicting victorius liberation of Saigon. People clinging to the landing gear of the helicopter on the roof of Embasy not shown

 A photo opportunity to equal the helicopters leaving the roof in Saigon, i.e. The American Army leaving Vietnam might soon be witnessed in Iraq. Time Mgazine fantasied such a scene and calculated that if all the trucks, humvees, tanks, semitrailers, and wheeled artillery pieces were lined up in a convoy down the road south to Kuwait, they would stretch 100 miles. It wouldn’t happen imminently of course, but for sheer history-book gee-whiz quality, that would be a photo opportunity to equal the helicopters leaving the roof in Saigon. Vietnam proved that wars are a lot easier to get into than out of. If you can get out at all.

 

THE PENTAGON has little choice but to begin planning for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. The House of Representatives has just passed rules that make a soldier’s second or third tour in Iraq possible only after an equal amount of time has been assigned at home. U.S doesn’t have enough troops now, and the House action will mean even fewer troops will be available.

 

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By Jeff Danziger

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