---
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://www.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://www.pewresearch.org/2007/03/22/iraq-and-vietnam-a-crucial-difference-in-opinion/)