Wednesday, January 17, 2007
The wrong lesson
Donald Stoker writes that America has learned the wrong lesson from Viet Nam.
The conclusion:
I think it's more of a case of American support evaporating 8 years too early.
Jason
Vietnam taught many Americans the wrong lesson: that determined guerrilla fighters are invincible. But history shows that insurgents rarely win, and Iraq should be no different.
The conclusion:
That’s welcome news, because one thing is certain: time is running out. Combating an insurgency typically requires 8 to 11 years. But the administration has done such a poor job of managing U.S. public opinion, to say nothing of the war itself, that it has exhausted many of its reservoirs of support. One tragedy of the Iraq war may be that the administration’s new strategy came too late to avert a rare, decisive insurgent victory.
I think it's more of a case of American support evaporating 8 years too early.
Jason
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