We don’t know war
Tactically we were great, in Vietnam and Iraq. Strategically, our political leaders haven’t learned yet how to conduct war.
Yes, there were many similarities between Vietnam and Iraq in the conduct of operations. I was in the U.S. Army in Thailand in 1966-67 and in Iraq in 2006.
Chuck Berberian, Fresno
This story was originally published May 20, 2015 at 9:52 AM with the headline "We don’t know war."