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Parallels between Afghanistan and Vietnam wars disturbing

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In the few days before this article was written in early June, another Canadian soldier-Captain Richard (Steve) Leary-was shot and killed in a gun battle with Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. This happened just after four other Canadian soldiers were wounded, one "very seriously" and two "seriously."

They were the latest casualties. Nearly 50 of our soldiers have already returned in caskets, and hundreds of others have come home with broken bodies and minds. Their growing number, and the fact that they are so often forgotten, are but two of many increasingly disturbing parallels between Afghanistan and the Vietnam War.

Both conflicts were preceded by a long history of ...

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