We're trained not to compare things to the holocaust because it's in bad taste. Somehow lessons of how to treat other people don't translate from case to case. Us soldiers in Vietnam were supposed to be bad people doing inhumane things but US soldiers in Iraq somehow aren't. History keeps repeating and even though we remember it, we always think this time is special.
I'm most often hearing about the Iraq war in terms of "bad things <coalition forces> did". Not sure where you get the positive-sounding perspective (the most positive thing I ever hear is "Saddam was even worse").
Satan Hussein. He was considered even worst than Hitler and soldiers carried freedom to Iraq, how the army was called? freedom coalition force). It was the opposite.
Yes he was terrible. But the situation hasn't actually improved for the average Iraqi compared to before he war.
I think jorgec was being sarcastic.
Yeah, no kidding. It was distracting and a low-grade insult to those who endured the real Vietnam war. Maybe it sounded better in 2006... Trump fatigue has really dampened my sense of humor.
Agreed, especially when it's around 1/3 of the article.