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Article: Perspectives on the Vietnam War and the Iraq War.
- Article from:
- National Observer - Australia and World Affairs
- Article date:
- March 22, 2004
- Author:
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There is now dissatisfaction, to put it mildly, at the way the Vietnam War was and still is wrongly projected and understood by some influential people in the Western media. I wish to share with you the other side of the story and an updated account about Vietnam, the Vietnam that I know. Many public figures have drawn analogies between the Vietnam War and the current Iraq situation. Before making comparisons, before drawing lessons about the Vietnam War in any meaningful way, it is important to understand the Vietnam War from a factual and up to date perspective.
The Opposition leader Mr. Mark Latham recently referred to Vietnam when articulating his Iraq ...