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For US, Gaza is modern Vietnam and might lead to Biden's downfall

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US President Joe Biden. [AFP]

The United States faces a new Vietnam in Gaza, reverberating in American colleges the way it happened in the 1960s.

In both periods, the US government appeared to betray American ideals by mounting a war in Indo-China or by appearing to condone and fund genocide in Gaza. The original Vietnam sprouted in the youth rebelliousness of the 1960s, inspired by civil rights activities, as baby boomer students questioned US foreign policy.

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