Lesson of Vietnam Lost in Afghanistan

TruthDig by Stanley Kutler | Aug. 20, 2009 (Opinion)

Karnow told the AP that the main lesson to be learned from Vietnam was that “we shouldn’t have been there in the first place.” Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 25, 2009 - 9:54 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 25, 2009

It provides a simple history reminder.

Those who do not learn from history are bound to repeat it.

Vietnam’s primary lesson remains intact: American power is not without limits, both in terms of defeating an enemy and in terms of its domestic support. More »

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