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Originally Posted by WagnerX5
Iraq isn't like Vietnam IMO, reasons for war were different, number of troops was nearly 3 times greater in Vietnam and US deaths/wounded were much higher (58,000+ killed/305,000+ wounded).
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The Vietnam war lasted 12 years. We are only at the 4-year point of the Iraq war. As for casualties, due to better armor, many more soldiers who would have died back in the 1960s, are instead coming back alive with perminant injuries. Numbers in the Iraq war so far are 3,600+ killed, 26,000+ wounded.