Vietnam Vs. Iraq

Many American citizens are starting to say that Iraq War is just like the Vietnam War which simply just isn't true. There are many ideas to support this theory, such as government, military, artillery, and medical technology. Iraq is not the same as Vietnam and this will be very easy to prove.

First supporting idea is the type of government the Iraq has compared to the government Vietnam had in 1959. Iraq has no government since it was taken over by the U.S. The U.S. just wants to see Iraq change for the good so they are going to continue to stay there until everything is somewhat peaceful. The only thing Iraq has is a couple of small groups that participate in car bombings and ambushes. Iraq recently had there first election was great for the government and the people. In Vietnam they had a functioning government that enforced laws and collected money. Vietnam didn't really have a problem with government as much as Iraq did. So from this one can tell that just the governments are different and what the U.S. did for each government is also very different, now the military with each government.

Second supporting idea is each countries military which were both really hard to fight. When the U.S. entered Iraq they had 400,000 soldiers that were not very well trained since one can't train very well in the hot dessert. All the Iraqi soldiers did was plant car bombs and then run away when in Vietnam the soldiers would actually fight. U.S. forces had to fight not only Vietnam's military but also encountered Guerillas. When U.S. went over to fight in Vietnam there army had between 180,000 and 285,000 soldiers. U.S. forces were a little nervous because North Vietnam had the ability to do anything with such a big army. One thing that U.S. military did for each country was thy rebuilt hospitals and schools. Each of the enemy's armies is very different so that is another difference from the Vietnam and Iraq war, now artillery in each country.

There is going to be many differences with each others artillery since we us a lot more technology in present day but it just proves that Iraq is not the same as Vietnam. Even though some reports have said that Iraq doesn't have enough weapons this simply just isn't true. The soldiers