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POLITICSSep 4Trump calls Iran war ‘small potatoes’, compares US deaths with Vietnam warUS President Donald Trump called the Iran war small potatoes, saying only 18 Americans had been killed.Al Jazeera [en]
CONFLICTAug 14Yes, the Iran War Really Is Similar to VietnamTrump’s war is “The Best and the Brightest”—but without the best and the brightest.Foreign Policy
MILITARYJul 29Vietnam to host US aircraft carrier despite Trump’s tariffs, Iran war chaosAn American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is set to dock in Da Nang this week, in a visit analysts say shows the durability of US-Vietnam relations despite trade tensions and global upheaval. The USS George Washington, a Nimitz-class carrier currently deployed with the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet out of Yokosuka, Japan, is expected to call at the central Vietnamese port from Thursday to Monday, though officials have yet to confirm the exact date. Its looming arrival “signals that engagement...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 20Iran War More Unpopular Than Vietnam Or Iraq | Armstrong EconomicsA report suggests that a potential war with Iran is perceived as more unpopular than previous conflicts in Vietnam or Iraq. This indicates significant public sentiment against military intervention.armstrongeconomics.com · United States
WORLDJul 16Vietnamese activist Bao Ngoc places rare national spotlight on GazaActivist Bao Ngoc draws attention to plight of Palestinians in country where protest is tightly controlled.Al Jazeera [en]
CONFLICTBREAKINGJul 15US-Iran war: is Trump falling into a Vietnam ‘quagmire’?South China Morning Post
CONFLICTJun 24From Vietnam to Iran: Wartime Diplomacy and Secret DealsWars rarely end in a single act of diplomacy. More often, they pass through a succession of ceasefires, frameworks, understandings, as well as provisional and even secret arrangements before anyone can determine whether peace is actually at hand. The Trump administration’s memorandum with Iran is best understood in those terms. In both form and logic, it recalls an earlier American effort to negotiate an exit from an unpopular conflict: the Paris Peace Accords of 1973.The four primary parties to the Vietnam War (1965 to 1975) — the United States, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and tWar on the Rocks