Why did George W. Bush and Bill Clinton not go to Vietnam?
930037
Both are cowards.\n\nBush was in the Texas "Champagne Squadron"  eventually went AWOL but had enough political pull and $$ to destroy the paper trail, part of this involved getting a retired clerk to testify that she never received the IBM Selectric II typewriter that she signed for...\nNot surprising for the grandson of a Nazi booster. \n\nSeeing Bush drinking with the communist leaders in Hanoi reminded me of Jane Fonda posing there and betraying U.S. prisoners who had slipped her a note. First Hanoi Jane, now Hanoi George. Soul mates.\n\nClinton avoided military service . \n\nNeither man should ever have been president of the U.S., but we really haven't had a good president since Truman.\n\nNow with Bush in Hanoi, with a fecalphogenous grin as he sips champagne with the communists, all I can think of is how much Hanoi George resembles Hanoi Jane.
344784
When President Clinton was in power he released the strategic reserves and caused a glut on the market which in turn lowered prices, Do not expect George Bush to do that because he is profiting from the high prices.
536608
There were two great empires (the Soviet Empire & the American empire) and these empires had the ability to completely destroy each other, so they couldn't fight each other directly. But they could fight over out lying territories, and so Vietnam became te battle ground for the Americans to fight the Soviets.\n\nExcept that we weren't actually fighting the Soviets. We were fighting Vietnames people, so that explanation doesn't really make any sense. Gosh, maybe we shouldn't have been there and the whole thing was a huge mistake. Oops.
432556
Actually, White House scandals are not all that important for foreign relations - Clinton is still a huge and prominent statesman figure around the globe and the Bush-CIA leak is seen as a rather odd american thing. Important for foreign relations is that which touches foreigners; witness the current row over CIA's extraordinary renditions and Guantanamo, or the Iran-Contras scandal, or indeed the justifications for the Iraq war - clearly the Administration lied about WMD and that is seriously harming American interests overseas.
318495
Bush has a business degree. Kerry has a law degree. You're comparing apples and oranges. Kerry was serving his country while Bush hid in Texas thanks to his daddy's influence.\n\nThat being said, yes, they're both idiots. Their IQs combined still would not equal that of Bill Clinton. Love him or hate him, he was the most intelligent president in the last 40 years.
840912
Unfortunately that seems to be his and Bill Clintons pass time.They both enjoy going to foreign countries and bash the USA and President Bush.Used to that an ex-president repected the office enough not to bad mouth the current president,but when have Clinton and Carter respected anything,they are legends in their own minds.
1000150
Gee i seem to understand that America had a few problems ourselves after the revolution.  I mean like a previous answerer stated Germany and Japan were not fixed overnight.  The biggest difference between Iraq and Vietnam is that in Vietnam the Democrats would not let the military fight to win, but were more interested in making money on our dead 58,000 American soldiers than doing what needed to be done to help democracy succeed, but now the Republicans, much to the anger of the liberals, have turned the conflict over to the military so that they can do what they need to in order to win.  In wartime someone always makes money, but something you need to keep in mind is that most of the major conflicts America has been involved in the Democrats have squarely planted us in them.  You are so concerned with getting us out of Iraq, and so worried about the soldiers dying there, because Bush got us there, but you have said nothing about the American, and allied troops that still get into firefights in Bosnia!!!  Clinton put us there 11 years ago, and we still rotate troops there, but no says anything about Clinton's screwup!!  If you are going to ask these kind of questions, then at least have the balls, and intestinal fortitude to ask about ALL the places AMERICAN troops are dying in!!!!!
768883
He asked Dubya, who declined from going on a lame Duck hunt. In order to be polite about the refusal, he went to Vietnam! While there Bush said some more random crap and shot himself in the foot, then stuck his foot in his mouth to stop the flow of stupidity from coming out his mouth.\nCheney did have a taker on the hunting trip. Sorry folks. Rush Limbaugh went on the hunt with Cheney. Dick got tired of listening to Rush rambling on and actually took aim. His show will not air until he sees Foley, who will no doubt fish out the buckshot from his arse.
592270
In order to allow the USA to leave the Vietnam War in 1973 and hopefully get Americans minds off of Watergate, the US agreed to drop the cases of approximately 1500 servicemen believed to be alive and held in Laos. The United States unilaterally changed the designation from Missing in Action to Dead. There has been very little political will on the part of the US government and very little ability to mobilize public support for this cause, in part because there have been some very embarrassing and some even dishonest people who have been part of the public relations (money has gone to people other than what was intended, there was a reported trade in information on persons known to be killed, etc). There has also been a reported rift between the veterans' and the POW/MIA movements that might have been started by the government to trivialize both parties' concerns.
1149483
I'm sure somebody used em to describe Vietnam.   I think, though, that the issue they're talking about is our responsibility to provide stability in government. The removal of Saddam created a very real power vaccume in Iraq. (question of right/wrong in doing so aside) Simply leaving after getting Saddam, would have drawn even more condemnation from the world. The world would  be screamin at us for NOT doing something to help them. As it is, they're screaming at us FOR doing somehthing. Whether or not what we're doing is effective, is another story.
913039
bush Jr is disliked by most of the people in the world. he second to ladden in some countries as per polls done by the guardian news papers. except UK, there is no friend to the USA .he is considered as danger to world peace even in countries like Israel and the UK.but it was not so in the case of Clinton.he did not take a brutal decision like invading Iraq without valid reason and caused for the deaths of  more than 600000 iraqis.
1098602
They are two completely different scenarios.  Vietnam was an action to stop the North from invading the South.  America won every major battle in Vietnam, but arguably lost the war.  Why?  Because we would drive the North only so far and limited our actions against them.  They eventually signed a treaty, only to break it later after we pulled out.  Iraq is different in that we are fighting hostile Iraqi citizens in their own country, and not an opposing country tying to invade.  Vietnam actually had an end strategy, to supress the North into a treaty, which we accomplished momentarily anyway.  In Iraq, the heads of state have no idea what their exit stratigy is.
43
Because the American public is more willing to forgive presidents that don't project themselves as smarter then them.  Its similar to how Oliver North and the Irancontra scandal in the 80's did not affect Reagan's popularity, but how Clinton's "lies" about Monica almost resulted in impeachment.  In a way, this may be Bush's genius, that he understands what lies Americans are willing to accept, and not accept.
902541
The President was in the Air national Guard.  His unit happened to be one that didn't deploy.  He could have and he would have had they deployed.  Not like clinton who was in Russia getting his orders, or Kerry using the system to his own gain.
994082
All you say is true,  but there are some comparisons.   For example,  in vietnam there was Hanoi Jane Fonda.   In this war  there is Jihad Cindy SheHAMM.   It seems in both wars the press is anti america.    In this war not only is the press anti american,  its anti Bush.    I think if Clinton would have started this war the press would be licking his  toes , and praising the gloriousness of our troops.  But they hate Bush so much, its like a blind hatred.   Come to think of it,  they hated Nixon too.   \n\nIf this war fails it will be because of our media and the left.   They constantly drag down the effort which reinforces the insurgency.   I truly believe if it wasnt for the media and our american left,  the war would have been won long ago.  Their fat mouths keeps the enemy motivated.
759414
Bill Clinton is HUMAN and asked the people to forgive him and asked the same of his wife!!\nJACK-ASS BUSH is a PIG and LIAR and has no care or concerns about us as American citizens!!\nBUSH is a PIG and LIAR!
14183
No, but Clinton had a chance to send in special forces operatives to track him down in Afghanistan about 7-8 years ago and he refused because he didn't want to commit ground troops. So instead he bombed an aspirin factory. He had a chance to avoid a lot of pain and suffering.