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	The Vietnam Syndrome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Regardless, Vietnam remains a flashpoint for many Americans, and the wrangling over his behavior (or the behavior of the President, for that matter) during that time is very personal to a large cross-section of the populace.
		One of the most enduring aspects of the Vietnam War is reflected in the debate over Kerry's 1971 testimony before Congress in which he claimed a number of American soldiers engaged in war crimes and atrocities in Vietnam.
		Vietnam - and the soldiers who fought the war - became the elephant in the room, the topic no one was quite certain how to handle and which seemed destined only to cause division and dissention.
	www.etalkinghead.com /archives/the-vietnam-syndrome-2004-05-10.html (1560 words)

	The Vietnam Syndrome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In both Vietnam and Iraq the public was mobilized on the basis of cynical falsehoods that ultimately backfired, causing a "credibility gap".
		As in Vietnam, where the Buddhists opposed the Catholics who comprised the leaders America endorsed, Iraq is a divided nation regionally and religiously, and Washington has the unenviable choice between the risks of disorder, which its own lack of troops make likely, and civil war if it arms Iraqis.
		But as in Vietnam, when defense secretary Robert McNamara ceased to believe that victory was inevitable, it is too late to reverse course and now the credibility of America's military power is at stake.
	homepage.mac.com /mickeyhuff/iblog/C867783394/E246147431 (901 words)

	William R. Hawkins on Vietnam on National Review Online
		It was this political aspect of "limited war" thinking that made both the Vietnam War and the confrontation with Iraq into such prolonged conflicts.
		The "one hand tied behind our back" argument for why Vietnam was lost has been dominated by the issue of restrictions on the bombing of North Vietnam; particularly that Hanoi and Haiphong harbor were off limits for most of the war.
		Like North Vietnam two decades earlier, Iraq went to work to negate the terms to which it had agreed at the point of a gun, as soon as the gun was put away.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-hawkins031903.asp (859 words)

	'The Vietnam Syndrome' by Richard Falk
		It is also of great importance in recollecting the Vietnam War that Americans understand that it was a war between unequals, with most of the victims of illegal methods being on the Vietnamese side.
		In this sense, the locus of responsibility should not be associated with the perpetrators of war crimes but with their leaders, who established a rogue conception of military necessity that is reconcilable neither with MacArthur's professionalism nor with the minimum restraints of the laws of war.
		Of course, recognition of the criminality of the war policies in Vietnam cannot bring the victims back to life, but US moves toward accepting responsibility would help heal remaining wounds and enable the United States to accept its own subjection to the rule of law in relation to uses of force and foreign policy generally.
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Society/Vietnam_Syndrome.html (3772 words)

	Khilafah.com - The Vietnam Syndrome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		By the end of the Vietnam War, in the mid-1970s, the press began to talk of the "Vietnam Syndrome", the hesitancy of the U.S. government to deploy ground troops in a combat zone for fear of military failure, heavy casualties and thereby loss of political capital.
		Since Vietnam, the U.S. military has trained with armed forces around the world, including India, in order to maintain what it calls "interoperability", or the ability for the U.S. Special Forces to interlink rapidly with the armed forces of a regional power who are, in essence, turned over for U.S. war plans.
		The motivation behind the request is to circumvent the "Vietnam Syndrome", to turn the jawans into the South Vietnamese conscripts, to make them sacrifice their lives for the dollar, and to ensure the re-election of G.W. Bush.
	www.khilafah.com /home/category.php?DocumentID=8549&TagID=2 (1924 words)

	Vietnam Syndrome, Gulf War Syndrome and Supporting the Troops
		The use of Hollywood’s noble war, the appropriation of all its icons - from the newsreel to the newscrawl to the ticker tape parade to the patriotic “journalist” to the shaming of dissenters to the glorification of death-dealing technology – these were a cultural coup for Bush and Son and their band of merry militarionnaires.
		Vietnam Syndrome is a social disease we learned about from Bush 41 (Poppy), who claimed to have administered the cure: Gulf War/Good War.
		I think Vietnam Syndrome was a gift from history, a gift from the Vietnamese people, not a disease, but a symptom of maturity.
	www.metaphoria.org /ac4t0306a.html (1893 words)

	The Postwar Impact of Vietnam
		That forgetfulness gave way in the early 1980s to a renewed interest in the war: Hollywood, network television, and the music industry made Vietnam a staple of popular culture; and scholars, journalists, and Vietnam veterans produced a flood of literature on the conflict, especially concerning its lessons and legacies.
		The neo-isolationist tendency that former President Richard M. Nixon called "the Vietnam syndrome" would be most manifest in the public debates over President Ronald Reagan's interventionist policies in Nicaragua and President George Bush's decision to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
		Lacking all the symbols of heroism, glory, patriotism, and moral certainty that more conventional war memorials possess, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a somber reminder of the loss of too many young Americans, and of what the war did to the United States and its messianic belief in its own overweening virtue.
	www.english.uiuc.edu /maps/vietnam/postwar.htm (1094 words)

	Syndrome: Source of Latest Information about Vietnam Syndrome
		The neo-isolationist tendency that former President Richard M. Nixon called "the Vietnam syndrome" would be most manifest in the public...
		One of the stupidest of the many pseudointellectual observations made by Henry Kissinger was his attempted coinage of "the Vietnam syndrome." This...
		Vietnam affected various sectors of America in ways that are still manifested today under the catchphrase of the "Vietnam Syndrome." One has...
	www.health-beauty-care.com /syndrome/vietnam-syndrome.htm (374 words)

	Outside The Beltway : Vietnam Syndrome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There's something creepy about the Democratic decision to hail the heroes of Vietnam, from Kerry to Clark, and to denigrate the extraordinary effort being made to salvage Iraq and to pursue and kill people who really are, unlike the Viet Cong, the common enemies of humanity.
		Also, I would argue that the Vietnam war was necessary for the eventual victory of the Cold War.
		Vietnam veterans should be proud of holding the fort while America figured out how to defeat the enemy.
	www.outsidethebeltway.com /archives/5113 (665 words)

	Salon Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		But quite possibly, Gore was also trying to subtly (or as subtly as Gore is able) raise a point that some in his campaign have long argued is a potential point of vulnerability for the governor: his "missing" year.
		And Gore, in mentioning Vietnam four times during the debate, seemed to be raising the stakes even further.
		Untouched during the debate, in the spin room, on TV and in the myriad responses e-mailed to reporters from the Bush campaign, however, was Gore's veiled snap at Bush's military service during the Vietnam War.
	dir.salon.com /politics/feature/2000/10/19/vietnam (1702 words)

	PWHCE - John Kerry's Presidential Campaign and the Vietnam Syndrome
		This syndrome basically maintains that sustained American military action abroad is ethically wrong and inherently doomed to fail because the United States has no business interfering in the domestic affairs of other countries.
		Between 1969 and 1972 a policy of 'Vietnamization' was implemented in which allied troops were withdrawn at a pace which would enable the South Vietnamese army (which was still undertaking the bulk of the fighting) to successfully stand alone after the remaining allied troops had withdrawn.
		Indeed, when the United States finally withdrew its troops from South Vietnam in early 1973, the military balance was such that, had promised American military aid South Vietnam been delivered to that country, it undoubtedly would have consolidated its military advantage and survived.
	www.pwhce.org /kerry.html (951 words)

	Kicking the Vietnam Syndrome
		The belief that press coverage of Vietnam was somehow a major factor in that defeat has contributed mightily to keeping the Vietnam War undead whenever the possibility of U.S. military intervention arises.
		Vietnam was such a debacle in the end, no matter who you pin it on, that it has become a verbal stop sign in any conversation entertaining the possibility of military intervention.
		The Vietnam Syndrome may have been kicked but there is plenty of evidence it is not down for the count.
	homepage.newschool.edu /~wilder/KickingVNSyndrome.html (4159 words)

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		During the war—just as in every other U.S. military intervention of the past decade—Washington had to face the so-called Vietnam syndrome: the fear that conflict in a foreign country will lead to quagmire, especially in a country where the native population can use guerrilla tactics to stymie superior military technology.
		When France gained control of Vietnam in the 19th century, French administrators put many Catholics in official government positions, replacing the traditional Vietnamese leaders who had quit their posts in protest against colonial rule.
		Virtually unknown in Vietnam, Diem had spent several years in the United States and was dubbed both the "new George Washington" and the "Churchill of Asia" by President Eisenhower.
	www.brookings.edu /views/op-ed/dalpino/20030423.htm (1009 words)

	Real Vietnam Syndrome: Mass Red-Inspired Heroism Can Defeat Worst Form of Imperialist Terror by Rich Gibson
		Vietnam was a poor agricultural country with little heavy industry.
		The result, after all the blood and sacrifice, is the brutal capitalist dictatorship ruling Vietnam today, with every one of the profit system's typical horrors, including mass poverty, drug addiction and prostitution.
		For many reasons, we were unable to retain leadership of the mass movement that erupted against the Vietnam War, but our accomplishments at the time and the lessons we learned from them should enable us to do much better the next time around.
	www.pipeline.com /~rgibson/VietnamLessonsChallenge.htm (1180 words)

	Kicking the Vietnam Syndrome by H. R. McMaster
		The painful memory of America's long, costly, and divisive war in Vietnam, however, retained its influence on the American psyche.
		Indeed, the desire to learn from Vietnam remains one of the war's enduring legacies.
		In the 1990s, the Vietnam syndrome helped delay and limit U.S. military intervention in the Balkans.
	www-hoover.stanford.edu /pubaffairs/we/2003/mcmaster02.html (537 words)

	The Vietnam Syndrome, Again - The mistake Democrats make when they compare Iraq to Vietnam. By Christopher Hitchens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		declared the Vietnam syndrome to have been cured by the apparent success of the "first" Gulf War, which was actually only the beginning of a long war of maneuver with Saddam Hussein that took more than a decade to conclude.
		No matter how well-intentioned the invasion of Iraq may have been, it was nonetheless an act of violence and deception that has left many American men dead unnecessarily, and it was a seriously flawed plan of action that is currently running into pitfalls that were foreseen well in advance by more sober analysts.
		Vietnam is over, and while it shouldn't be forgotten and should serve as a lesson for present and future generations, the average voter is not going to make his or her decision based on what a person did during one of the most trying times in our history.
	slate.msn.com /id/2095578 (2016 words)

	Vietnam Veteran "Syndrome" - Stormfront White Nationalist Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1981 Congress mandated the establishment of centers for the support and treatment of Vietnam veterans who had suffered emotional trauma as a result of having fought in an unpopular war that ended in defeat.
		Following the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington and the box-office success of Rambo, in which Vietnam veterans were treated as betrayed heroes, there emerged a curious phenomenon — the "veteran" who spoke dramatically and emotionally of his combat experiences.
		One reason is change in the way society views Vietnam vets now, as compared to the dim view of them in the 1970’s.
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=15582 (473 words)

	Thesis on the effects of Vietnam syndrome on US foreign policy making
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		"Vietnam syndrome" is the term used to describe the poor decisions made by America's leaders during the period of the war.
		Americans refer to it as the action - reaction approach that the United States Government used during the Vietnam War by waiting for the Communists to do something and then responding to the situation rather than having a distinct plan or guideline to follow in eliminating the enemy.
	www.emailessay.com /paper/the_effects_of_Vietnam_syndrom-15280.html (179 words)

	BAD ATTITUDES: The Real Vietnam Syndrome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Anyone interested in the real “lessons of Vietnam” can do no better than listen to Daniel Ellsberg, who is the polar opposite of the aging chickenhawks who dreamed up Georgie’s Excellent Adventure.
		Ellsberg volunteered to fight in Vietnam as a marine officer, analyzed the war as a consultant for the Department of Defense, and helped run it as a high Pentagon official.
		We couldn’t get people to risk their lives to inform us about the Vietcong, but they would risk their lives to inform the Vietcong about us, so they knew every move we were making, and we didn’t know any moves they were making.
	badattitudes.com /MT/archives/001339.html (472 words)

	Vietnam Syndrome - QuickTopic free message board hosting
		I have been told that my dreams of dead bodies of the viet cong along the road being prodded by vietnamese children, and or our basecamp (I was a clerk) being mortared or attacked with satchel charges (along with other "bad" memories might be considered as PWS which would entitle me to VA benefits.
		I have no idea of what the syptoms of the vietnam syndrome is. I also, have to do a report on it so if someone could please tell me what the symptoms are I would be very pleased.
		I believe that this so-called "Vietnam Syndrome" is indeed one of fear.
	www.quicktopic.com /24/H/iyETLzev6iGLu (1359 words)

	Of Demons, Storms, and Thunder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Moreover, an analysis of Vietnam's impact on the Desert Storm air war reveals that a few ghosts from Southeast Asia continued to haunt--and leaves the suspicion that in dispatching demons from Vietnam, the Air Force may have generated a phantom from the desert.
		The trauma of Vietnam suggested to him and his advisers that the American home front would not tolerate a conflict that was lengthy, bloody, or less than decisive.
		North Vietnam had to import all of its petroleum needs, boasted a single steel mill and one cement factory, and had only one railroad that ran the length of the country.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/clod.html (7484 words)

	Rumsfeld's Legacy: The Iraq Syndrome? (washingtonpost.com)
		The irony is that for three decades, American interventionists like those surrounding Rumsfeld have been laboring to overcome the Vietnam syndrome and its reluctance to get involved in overseas wars.
		Unlike Vietnam, a war of containment, Iraq was supposedly a war of preemption.
		So the Iraq syndrome poses an even more serious challenge to U.S. policy than the Vietnam syndrome did, because it calls into question not only the wisdom of intervention but the integrity of U.S. intelligence and judgment about what poses a direct threat to U.S. national security.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A58318-2005Jan8.html (982 words)

	AlterNet: Unkicking the Vietnam Syndrome
		The Vietnam War was the exact opposite of the Gulf War and America's other recent military engagements.
		Though the Iraq war so far has cost much less than the Vietnam War (nearly $500 billion in today's dollars), involves far fewer troops and is barely a year old, the Vietnam syndrome kicked in before the first missiles flew and the first American troops hit the ground.
		Also, Vietnam was not a sink the presidency issue for Kennedy or even for Johnson during the first years of his administration.
	www.alternet.org /story/18491 (858 words)

	The Militant - 6/12/95 -- Mcnamara Hopes To Bury Vietnam Syndrome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The skepticism of the government's justifications for interventions and wars, and the distrust of the officer corps came to be known as the Vietnam syndrome, and the many negative reactions to McNamara's book are one indication that it has not been overcome.
		The Saigon regime in the south, based as it was on the wealthy hangers on of imperialism and the landlords in the countryside, was incapable of meeting popular demands for land reform and democracy.
		He was consistently confounded by the ability of the liberation forces to maintain supply lines through the heavily bombed Ho Chi Minh trail, as well as their ability to "recruit" in numbers far exceeding the casualties inflicted by U.S. forces.
	www.themilitant.com /1995/5923/5923_14.html (1598 words)

	Robert C. Koehler \| Common Wonders
		I speak today in praise of Vietnam Syndrome, which is as close as we’ve come so far.
		Vietnam Syndrome isn’t “revulsion” over a humiliating defeat but common sense about humanity’s interdependence and the recognition that ends and means are inseparable.
		The neocons understand this perfectly, and perhaps deep in their secret hearts understand also that “kicking the Vietnam Syndrome” in any permanent way is wishful thinking.
	commonwonders.com /archives/col282.htm (679 words)

	'Vietnam Syndrome' is Alive and Thriving
		"By God, we’ve kicked the Vietnam syndrome once and for all," President George Bush the First declared in 1991, in the wake of the Persian Gulf War.
		The murder of thousands of civilians in the worst terrorist action ever on American soil seems not to have changed this part of the "Vietnam syndrome" at all.
		This is not because Americans are lacking in courage; as the heroic actions of the firefighters and others at the site of the World Trade Center showed, there is no shortage of people who are willing to risk their lives for the sake of their fellow citizens.
	www.lewrockwell.com /orig/weisbrot3.html (696 words)

	OpinionJournal - Thinking Things Over
		It was a perfect demonstration of how the day's news is ordered less by underlying events than by the stereotypes that journalists apply to them--with hiccups in reality switching the prevailing stereotype from short war to long war and back again.
		The notion is that U.S. opinion is "fickle," ready to turn against a war at the first sight of "body bags." The notion would be bad enough merely among journalists, but it has also prevailed at the White House and Pentagon, and, still worse, among the likes of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.
		Even in Vietnam, he says, support didn't "go below the 50% mark until we'd taken tens of thousands of casualties." But as the war went on its importance seemed to decrease, with the domino theory looking less threatening after events such as the defeat of the Communist coup in Indonesia in 1965.
	www.opinionjournal.com /columnists/rbartley?id=110003304 (1151 words)

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