South Korea is not a model for Iraq
Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland
06/04/07
The Bush administration has decided its new model for a long-term solution in Iraq is Korea. It’s an attempt to stifle the inevitable comparisons of the Iraq quagmire to Vietnam and a way to justify the eventual reduction of U.S. forces in Iraq (to take the heat off of Republican candidates in the 2008 elections), while retaining a substantial U.S. military presence by establishing three or four long-term major military bases. The plan would ultimately be a disaster for the United States...
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1977
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Korea+Iraq
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ivan+Eland
by Ivan Eland
06/04/07
The Bush administration has decided its new model for a long-term solution in Iraq is Korea. It’s an attempt to stifle the inevitable comparisons of the Iraq quagmire to Vietnam and a way to justify the eventual reduction of U.S. forces in Iraq (to take the heat off of Republican candidates in the 2008 elections), while retaining a substantial U.S. military presence by establishing three or four long-term major military bases. The plan would ultimately be a disaster for the United States...
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1977
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Korea+Iraq
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ivan+Eland
rudkla - 6. Jun, 11:49