^^Let's not forget the 25'000-odd civilian casulties from conflicts in the Middle East. And the possible use of chemical weapons against Iraqi civilians.
^It's kind of hard to compare Vietnam and Iraq. In Vietnam you had a situation of the US defending a previously established government from invasion by a hostile power. There were defined borders to that conflict. Perhaps not too clear, but that's what comes of conflict in jungles. In Iraq the US is the occupying power defending a government established by the occupation forces. In the Iraq war there aren't any borders to the fighting, no matter what rhetoric you hear thrown around about 'front-lines' and so forth. It's hard to measure the two on the same terms.
But yes, considering the Iraqi government hasn't collapsed yet, they are doing better than in South Vietnam. |