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...perhaps, the history of the Iraq conflict will one day read. But in this case, it’s the story of war in the Leyte Gulf—not the Persian Gulf. The date is October...
...Slew” McCain, the grandfather of the Republican senator, to take five aircraft carriers and 400 warplanes “for resupply and R&R.” It’s difficult to calculate how many American seamen now rest at the bottom of Leyte Gulf as a result of McCain’s “R&R,” but the number may well be in the hundreds...
...that poor country left millions of innocent Vietnamese civilians dead and millions more wounded. The other lesson we failed to learn was how easily the U.S. government can lie and lead us into war. In Vietnam it was the big lie about a U.S. warship being attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin. In Iraq, it was the even bigger lie about weapons of mass destruction. Massimo Podrecca New York City While in Hanoi, President Bush said, "We tend to want there to be instant success in the world, and the task in Iraq is going to take a while...
...poor country left millions of innocent Vietnamese civilians dead and millions more wounded. The other lesson we failed to learn was how easily the U.S. government can lie and lead us into war. In Vietnam it was the big lie about a U.S. warship's being attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin. In Iraq it was the even bigger lie about weapons of mass destruction...
...what's different in this war? For one thing, the process for getting medals has become more cumbersome. Some commanders are reacting against what they see as medal inflation in recent wars, especially Gulf War I. And there may be fewer opportunities for Audie Murphy--style heroics when your enemy is planting improvised explosive devices (IEDs) or driving a car bomb. But the nearly 3,000 war dead testify to the peril of those fighting in Iraq, and a growing chorus has been speaking out against the Pentagon's parsimony. They're asking why there have not been more...