Journalist and Former Marine Elliot Ackerman
Intelligence Matters
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Viet Nam vs Afghanistan - What Are the Strategic Similarities?
i think there is an analogy one can make between vitnam and afghanistan with that regard, insomuch as in viit nam. For the via nemes, this wasn't a war of international communism. It was a war of national liberation for afghans. So that's an area where there's political overlap, sort of,. onaon a personal note, i very much grew up in the the shadow of the via nom war. I always did notice a little bit of a schism that existed, at least that i perceived, between my generation of veterans and the vianam veterans.
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