History of the Vietnam war for people with attention deficit disorder

[August]

Originally Posted by CCIP

And as far as revisionism goes - it's not always some sort of horror - there can be benefits from re-examining things past. But in that sense, I'm somehow not sure that view is particularly revisionist to begin with - if anything, it's a very reactionary view that harks back to what conservative media of the time of the war might've been promoting.

I'd be curious, for example, to see an American revisionist view of the Soviet war in Afghanistan now that their own experience has resulted in an almost-exact repeat. Which isn't to say that it should be something singing communist praises, but perhaps had REAL lessons been learned from it, we wouldn't be in the situation we're in today.

I wouldn't compare our experiences in Afghanistan with that of the communists. The motivation for the war was totally different as was the tactics employed. For instance the US has not used poison gas against civilians nor ordered the execution of hostages in retaliation for resistance activity. Apples and oranges.