Ile vita maarufu kama "Six Day War" (Waarabu hupenda kuiita "the 1967 War" kwa sababu ya kukwepa humiliation) kati ya Israel na Waarabu iliyopiganwa mwaka 1967 inanifanya niulize swali: Kwa nini nchi tano za Kiarabu (Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon na Syria - Nchi nyingine nyingi za Kiarabu pia zilichangia fedha,mafuta, wanajeshi, etc) zilishindwa na kanchi kadogo kama Israel? Je, Waarabu wamejifunza somo gani kuhusu vita hiyo?
Unashangaa kuhusu Vita vya siku Sita kati ya waarabu na Waisrail? Hushangae Nchi Kubwa ya Marekani ilivyoshindwa Vita na Nchi ndogo ya Vietnam?
The
Vietnam War, also known as the
Second Indochina War, the
Vietnam Conflict or the
American War,
[14] was a
Cold War military conflict that occurred in
Vietnam,
Laos, and
Cambodia from September 26, 1959,
[1] to April 30, 1975. This war followed the
First Indochina War and was fought between the
communist North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of
South Vietnam, supported by the
United States and other anti-communist nations.
[15]
The
Viet Cong, a lightly-armed South Vietnamese
communist-controlled
common front, largely fought a
guerrilla war against
anti-communist forces in the region. The
North Vietnamese Army engaged in a more
conventional war, at times committing large units into battle. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces relied on
air superiority and overwhelming firepower to conduct
search and destroy operations, involving
ground forces,
artillery and
airstrikes.
The United States entered the war to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of
containment.
Military advisors arrived beginning in 1950. U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with U.S. troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962.
[16] U.S.
combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Operations spanned borders, with Laos and Cambodia heavily bombed. Involvement peaked in 1968 at the time of the
Tet Offensive. After this, U.S. ground forces were withdrawn as part of a policy called
Vietnamization. Despite the
Paris Peace Accords, signed by all parties in January 1973, fighting continued.
The
Case-Church Amendment, passed by the U.S. Congress in response to the
anti-war movement, prohibited direct U.S. military involvement without congressional authorization after August 15, 1973. U.S. military and economic aid continued until 1975.
[17] The
capture of Saigon by North Vietnamese army in April 1975 marked the end of Vietnam War. North and South Vietnam were reunified the following year.
The war exacted a huge human cost in terms of fatalities (See:
Vietnam War casualties), including 3 to 4 million Vietnamese from both sides, 1.5 to 2 million
Laotians and
Cambodians, and 58,159 U.S. soldiers.
[18] By this war's end, the Vietnamese had been fighting foreign involvement or occupation in various wars for over a hundred years.
Chuck Norris : Missing In Action Scene II
Wabongo Mnajuwa Maana Ya (
Missing In Action)? Angalieni hizo Video jinsi Wamerekani Walivyoshindwa Vita na Vietnam.