Baghdad is not Saigon. Yet analogies to Vietnam pervade discussions about the U.S. role in Iraq. So how useful are these comparisons? Kojo explores the use- and misuse- of history and analogies to describe today's crisis in Iraq.
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2006-11-30/iraq-vietnam-and-historical-analogies
Iraq, Vietnam and Historical Analogies
Listen Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006 at 1:14 p.m. in Politics, Society
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Guests
David Greenberg
Assistant Professor, Journalism, Media Studies and History, Rutgers University; "History Lesson" writer, Slate.com
Stephen Biddle
Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
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