Why did Harold Wilson refuse to join the American war machine in Vietnam but Blair joined the Iraq war?

Question

Why did Harold Wilson refuse to join the American war machine in Vietnam but Blair joined the Iraq war?

Answer 1

Harold 'HP Sauce' Wilson clearly had more sense than Blair.

Answer 2

They were different wars.

There were no "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq - that was a lie - but there was a potential for such weapons to be built in the future and it would have been much more difficult and dangerous to deal with Saddam Hussein or his successors after those weapons were built.

Don't forget about characters like "Chemical Ali" who used chemical weapons to commit genocide in Iraq against Kurdish civilians.

Answer 3

That was once French territory You were also still upset that America would not let the U K ,France and Israel take over the Suez canal to keep the cost of your oil shipments down Talk of war for oil how about war to keep the shipping cost down?

We did you both a big favoUr as you could not of held on to it

Answer 4

Because Balir was a butt kissing dweeb

Answer 5

wilson was a Soviet agent

Answer 6

Harold Wilson has been one of the most maligned prime ministers in recent history; unfairly in my opinion, but he realised the implications of getting the U.K. embroiled in the disaster of Vietnam and refused to send troops, although he gave public support to the Americans.

Lyndon Johnson never forgave him for refusing to send troops.

Answer 7

Alliance Dynamics and political position. Wilson was the smart one!

We are the ones who caused the Vietnam War, and not just LBJ. My father was there in 1959.

What happened in Vietnam was caused by the betrayal of the US to the Vietnamese.

Ho Che Minh was enlisted by the United States to throw the Japanese out of Vietnam, which he did. We gave him equipment and money. He was our friend and ally then.

At the end of the war we turned Vietnam back over to the Colonialist French, who got their but kicked. You can now imagine the why of Vietnam!

It was our failure in Vietnam just as it was in Afghanistan after we enlisted the Taliban to fight the Russians, supplying them with arms and money and food. After they kicked the Russians out and 1/2 of their country was 14 or less, we turned our backs on them and abandoned them! That is the why of that war! Osama was our friend then and was on the CIA's payroll!

Blair was a follower and would be a puppet for the US. That is unfortunate for the British who have lost their lives. In America we only report American dead. We NEVER report our "Coalitions" dead!

Blair was also much more popular! 9/11 and the lies by Bush also helped!

Answer 8

Wilson was the Prime minister of the UK, and cared about the people, on the other hand Blair was Bushes lapdog, cowing down to the Americans and sending British boys to there death against the will of the people in the UK. Brown is now carrying on the tradition