U.S. soldiers and Afghan border patrolmen establish a perimeter line while providing security during a patrol outside Forward Operating Base Curry in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Sept. 20, 2011. U.S. Army photo by Spc. George HuntA Decade, Yes, But Afghanistan NOT America's Longest War By Most Measures -- Otto Kreisher, Aol Defense
As the war in Afghanistan passed its tenth anniversary this week, many news outlets repeated the frequently repeated claim that the conflict there has replaced Vietnam as America's longest war. That is a questionable assertion.
Even if you count only from the first "official" U.S. combat operations in Vietnam -- the Gulf of Tonkin air strikes on Aug. 5, 1964 -- until the last American troops fled Saigon on April 30, 1975, the U.S. military was involved in Vietnam for 10 years, eight months.
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