Wil's Rant

George is comparing Iraq to Vietnam. I can make a few of my own. Both wars were being fought under dishonorable conditions. That is the government lied to the American people about the reasons for going there. After having done so, in both cases the feds failed or are going to failed on their commitments to the governments in question. In both cases, crimes were committed by American forces who were placed in psychologically devastating conditions which resulted in said crimes or were actually ordered to commit them. Yeah, I can see a few similarities. In both cases the feds relied on a major misinformation campaign to hide the truth from their people.

One of the only differences I can see is the fact that this time the returning troops are not being treated as criminals by their own people for having obeyed their orders. At least that's one improvement.