Afghanistan is not Vietnam
President Barack Obama is meeting with his top national security advisers as speculation mounts over likely changes to the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. Much has been made of the analogy between the Vietnam War and the current one in Afghanistan. The World’s Jeb Sharp explores how Afghanistan is not like Vietnam.
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