Worse Than Vietnam?

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The Afghanistan War is now the longest war in U.S. history. If an end-date isn't set, we could be there forever. We want a responsible withdrawal that's complete no later than December 2011.

As Pentagon Papers whistle-blower Daniel Ellsberg says in our new video, "It was always a bad year to get out of Vietnam." We need to make sure the same doesn't happen with Afghanistan.

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[jesusisbling]

Just like Vietnam, there is plenty good money to be made...

Perpetual war is the governments intention!!! Strategically it is the east flank of the main oil source of the world, also oil to the north. Controlling the opium poppies is another incentive that parallels Vietnam. These are sad facts....

[carlosdavids777]

U.S GO HOME!

[wild50gunner]

@TheDrakerdog exept for world war 1(116,000 dead) world war 2(407,000 dead) and the Civil War(623,000 dead) and while it beats the Korean war in total casualties Korea beats it in intensity (vietnam 58,000 in 9 years Korea 37,000 in 3)

[TheDrakerdog]

the war is the worst thing in all world.

[TheDrakerdog]

@wild50gunner

ok. but the vietnam war was the bloodiest war to america.

[wild50gunner]

@TheDrakerdog not any more had a 17 month deployment from 2006-2007 and a 12 month deployment from 2008-2009 and I have seen some of the worst areas of Afghanistan and some pretty intence fire fights, however I also study history and I have trouble calling it a war when america lost more men in a half hour at Antetam than we have in the entire Afghan war, I would call it a police action if I hade to give it a label

[TheDrakerdog]

*just asking

[TheDrakerdog]

you are in Afghanistan jus asking because you´re saying "im protecting you"...

[wild50gunner]

@vmorgun the soviets also basicaly wiped out the afghan Mujahadeen in the first 2 years the only thin that kept the war going was a contant stream of foreign fighters, weapons and money from the US and Saudies.

also the soviets had more soldiers taken out of the fight by disintary than enemy fire

just food for thought

[TheDrakerdog]

i know my english is not to good. In vietnam you dont know were is the enemy and etc... On Afghanistan war they have support like... i dont know im not there but they have more facility to find some targets just that.

[wild50gunner]

@TheDrakerdog actually I was protecting you

also as for your other comments ( I have some difficulty understanding them your english is not great) I would like to point out what all technologies we have in Afghanistan that we did not have in vietnam (or somthing similar) and also we don't get shit for air support in Afghanistan compared to Vietnam

[TheDrakerdog]

@wild50gunner

they are protecting you, you big idiot