---
"title": "Iraq and Vietnam: A Crucial Difference in Opinion"
"description": "While public opinion with respect to the rightness and progress of the war in Iraq has followed a path not unlike that charted during the Vietnam War, one important difference stands out: public attitudes toward the military. Read full analysis at pewresearch.org"
"date": "2007-03-22"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Pew Research Center"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/politics/2007/03/22/iraq-and-vietnam-a-crucial-difference-in-opinion-2/"
"categories":
  - "International Affairs"
  - "War & International Conflict"
---

# Iraq and Vietnam: A Crucial Difference in Opinion

While public opinion with respect to the rightness and progress of the war in Iraq has followed a path not unlike that charted during the Vietnam War, one important difference stands out: public attitudes toward the military.

[Read full analysis at pewresearch.org](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/2007/03/22/iraq-and-vietnam-a-crucial-difference-in-opinion/)