Poll: American attitudes on Iraq similar to Vietnam era

[RedEarth]

Poll: American attitudes on Iraq similar to Vietnam era
By Susan Page, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — There are enormous differences between the war in Iraq and the one in Vietnam that defined a generation. The current conflict hasn't lasted as long, taken nearly as many American lives or sparked the sort of massive protests that became common in the '60s and '70s.

But when it comes to public opinion, Americans' attitudes toward Iraq and the proper course ahead are remarkably similar to public attitudes toward Vietnam in the summer of 1970, a pivotal year in that conflict and a time of enormous domestic unrest.

Some political scientists and Vietnam War historians predict the Iraq war, like the one in Southeast Asia a quarter-century ago, will shape American attitudes long after it's over.

"This war is probably a really big deal historically in terms of America's perspective on the world," says John Mueller, a political scientist at Ohio State University. "What you're going to get after this is 'We don't want to do that again — No more Iraqs' just as after Vietnam the syndrome was 'No more Vietnams.' "

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-11-15-poll-vietnam_x.htm

[MasonJar]

1. That should be re-phrased as the world's perspective on us.

[DFWJock]

2. We're turning the corner...

Stay the course!!!!!!

[leftchick]

3. So... Half of a Million People in DC on a Saturday in Sept. is not massive

I suppose if it is not reported...

[HockeyMom]

4. Duh?

When the protesters against Nam were just a bunch of dirty, ragged, hippies, the country dismissed them. When mainstream America AND the Nam VETS turned against the war, it was dead and buried.

See the similarities? I was of age back then. But that is where the similarities end. Iraq is FAR, FAR worse than Nam ever was.

Iraq was based on a LIE - COMPLETELY.

[crossroads]

5. DUers have been preaching this a long time!

Oh if only the peeps would have listened before the election last year!!!

[0007]

6. No shit Sherlock!

[Enhancer]

7. Similar? So Americans still don't give a crap?