The Vietnam War And The Military Interventions - 1643 Words

People must learn about history in order not to repeat humanity’s errors. Germany perhaps could have learned from Napoleon’s mistake in Russia, and the United States from their repeated errors in Afghanistan and Vietnam. Unfortunately history isn’t the most interesting genre people seek when learning. Today movies have made it possible to transmit a narrative about an historical event in a more direct and personal way than books. Two historical moments that have acquired attention in both theater and literature are the Vietnam War and the military interventions in the Middle East post 9/11. The way these conflicts are presented to the people, and how they affect both soldiers and veterans differs greatly between both communication†¦show more content†¦Vietnam’s new government was divided into pro- communism in the north and pro-democratic liberty in the south. Their enemy over Vietnam wasn’t a national army, but a group of gorilla fighters, this and a lack of knowledge no the terrain where battles occurred made it extremely difficult for the Americans to advance north. The attacks on 9/11 gave way to a Congress military intervention in the Middle West backed by the Americans. Military actions are extremely costly on the taxpayers pocket, but after an even in American soil that left more Americans dead than Pearl Harbor, many Americans were anxious to make someone pay. For the first time though the enemy wasn’t a country or totalitarian government, it was a radical group who’s military tactics were based on terrorism and insurgency. Al-Qaeda, under the tutelage of Osama Bin Laden, had declared war on United States after the army stationed in Saudi Arabia. Just like in Vietnam, a different terrain and unidentified enemy made it very difficult for the American troops to identify their enemy and remove them. America’s military superiority disseminated Al-Qaeda, the remaining members with Bin Laden e scaped from Afghanistan to Pakistan. At the same time, it became known of Iraq’s possession of weapons of mass destruction, giving birth to â€Å"Operation Iraqi Freedom†. More than 1.5 million troops have been