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        "id": 1756163,
        "msgid": "from-saigon-to-tehran-the-similarities-between-the-iran-and-vietnam-wars-1779542401",
        "date": "2026-05-21 23:23:45",
        "title": "From Saigon to Tehran: The Similarities Between the Iran and Vietnam Wars",
        "author": "Nashih Nashrullah",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Analyst Gideon Rose argues that the U.S.-led confrontation with Iran mirrors Washington\u2019s Vietnam experience, not in geography or ideology, but in strategic pattern and decision-making under pressure. The piece notes Trump\u2019s rapid progression through five stages and draws parallels with Nixon-era exit strategies as the United States seeks a face-saving resolution to a costly conflict.",
        "content": "<p>The war between the United States and Israel against Iran is\nincreasingly seen as echoing the United States\u2019 difficult experience in\nVietnam. According to American political analyst Gideon Rose, the\nsimilarity of the two wars lies not in geography or ideology, but in the\npattern of war strategy and how American leaders make decisions under\npressure. In his piece in Foreign Affairs magazine, cited by Al Jazeera,\non Thursday (21 May 2026), Rose\u2014who is also a scholar at the Council on\nForeign Relations and who previously worked in the administration of\nformer President Bill Clinton\u2014stated that the Donald Trump\nadministration required only two months to pass through five stages that\nthe Lyndon B. Johnson administration experienced during the Vietnam War.\nThe five stages referred to begin with intervention, war escalation,\nmilitary stalemate, and ultimately moving toward the negotiation table.\nAccording to Rose, Washington is now entering a phase reminiscent of the\nNixon era, namely seeking a way out that can save face from a costly war\nthat failed to achieve its main political objectives. Rose then recalls\nJohnson\u2019s experiences in the 1960s when the United States deepened its\ninvolvement in Vietnam for fear that South Vietnam or Saigon would fall\ninto communist hands. Even though doubts about the possibility of\nwinning the war emerged within the administration itself, Washington\nstill believed that increasing military pressure would force Hanoi or\nNorth Vietnam to back down. The United States began to send aid and\nmilitary advisers, then intensified bombing campaigns, until eventually\ndeploying large numbers of ground troops. Yet North Vietnam refused to\nsurrender despite facing American military superiority. In 1968, the\nVietnam War became a political and economic burden for the United\nStates.<\/p>",
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