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The soul-searching over Vietnam extends even to the Reagan cabinet. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger argues that the nation should avoid future Vietnams by fighting only popular, winnable wars;
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I just found this amusing, because, although I was only alive for 3 years of his Presidency (and therefore unfit to remember any of it), I can't recall hearing about any military endeavour decided upon by our country that was either markedly winnable, or obviously popular.
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if the U.S. ever planned to fight such a war again, it should start by deciding what it wanted to accomplish.
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It's sad that we have fallen into this dilemma also. Maybe only the administration truly knows what our objective is, but the people certainly don't. Because of that, I can fully understand the criticism brought upon the Administration to know the desired goal of all of this, and, since the answers were displeasing at the least, why we ventured there in the first place.
It's easy to see similarities in how both wars are ran back home, but the wars are certainly different, so far... I know very little Veitnam other that what you hear from the occasional broadcast, History Channel documentary, what have you, but it clear that nothing has been learned, and in both cases, nothing has been gained. I always strive to find a why as to why a certain thing is being done, in both Veitnam and Iraq, I can never come up with any reason that even remotely makes sense or seems plausible as to why either took place, and continued to take place as they did/do.
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