Is Iraq like Vietnam?


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Earlier this week, Sen. Edward Kennedy gave a speech explicitly comparing the Iraq War to the war in Vietnnam. Lately, military officers, journalists, legislators, and even the president have joined in the analogy game, but are the two wars really alike? In this talk show, broadcast on 1/15/07, Brian Lehrer asks two authors Elizabeth Holtzman, former Congresswoman and author, The Impeachment of George W. Bush (Nations Book 2006) and Stanley Karnow, award-winning journalist and author, Vietnam: A History (Viking, 1983) to make the comparison.
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