President Bush’s speech comparing the U.S. commitment to Iraq to America’s historic withdrawal from the Vietnam war has, of course, special resonance here in Vietnam. I’ve lived in Vietnam since 2001 ...
After a short and successful war with Iraq, President George H.W. Bush claimed in 1991 that “the ghosts of Vietnam have been laid to rest beneath the sands of the Arabian desert.” Bush was referring ...
PUNDITS THESE DAYS are quick to compare the fighting in Iraq with the American loss in Vietnam 30 years ago. Terms like “quagmire” evoke the Southeast Asian jungle, where America’s technological ...
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The silhouettes that roar through the Baghdad twilight are sleeker than the helicopters of an earlier time. The wind brings dust, not drenching monsoons. The river snaking seaward is ...
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Navy veteran who served during both the Vietnam War and Operating Iraqi Freedom was sentenced Monday to more than three years in prison Monday for striking an officer with an ...
In his speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars on Aug. 22, George Bush made this statement, “I stand before you as a wartime president. I wish I didn’t have to say that, but an enemy that attacked us ...
(Light editing in paragraphs 4, 11) By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - No matter how much the White House dreads it, the Bush administration can't seem to escape the analogy of Iraq as ...
With four decades of unwavering service to the United States, retired CW3 Douglas Huggins is a stalwart figure of courage and dedication, standing as a testament to the resilience and sacrifice ...
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