Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

Barack Obama announced the increase in U.S. armed forces in a speech at West Point before a military audience applauded only twice and briefly. He compared the war in Vietnam in Afghanistan: and challenged those who say that the last is like the first: "They argue that one can not stabilize the country and he had better put an end to our losses by a rapid withdrawal. Unlike Vietnam, we are accompanied by a broad coalition of 43 nations that recognize the legitimacy of our action. " This statement ignores the fact that troops from Canada, France at first, Australia, South Korea, Taiwan, New Zealand, Thailand and Franco's Spain fought alongside U.S. en Vietnam. in Vietnam. There are indeed false readings of history.