Even NY Times says Iraq is no Vietnam
CRAIG R. WHITNEY:
"...Iraq is not Vietnam, and 2003 is not 1975 or 1968. Saddam Hussein was driven out of power and his regime collapsed last spring. There is no independent sanctuary named "North Iraq" for his Baath Party henchmen to fight from, no Soviet Union to keep them supplied with arms and fuel, no equivalent of Laos or Cambodia in the Middle East for whole divisions of his loyalists to hide in, no Ho Chi Minh Trail that suicide bombers can use to drive to Baghdad. Nor is there an allied Iraqi government yet, elected or otherwise.
"...Most Iraqis would agree that Saddam Hussein was no liberator, and his die-hard supporters who attack the American forces and the appointed authorities in Iraq do not enjoy the popular support the Communists had in Vietnam.
"...For President Bush, the struggle against terrorism leaves no option but victory, a goal that Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and even Nixon were reluctant to use unrestrained military strength to pursue, lest they ignite World War III with the Soviet Union."
CRAIG R. WHITNEY:
"...Iraq is not Vietnam, and 2003 is not 1975 or 1968. Saddam Hussein was driven out of power and his regime collapsed last spring. There is no independent sanctuary named "North Iraq" for his Baath Party henchmen to fight from, no Soviet Union to keep them supplied with arms and fuel, no equivalent of Laos or Cambodia in the Middle East for whole divisions of his loyalists to hide in, no Ho Chi Minh Trail that suicide bombers can use to drive to Baghdad. Nor is there an allied Iraqi government yet, elected or otherwise.
"...Most Iraqis would agree that Saddam Hussein was no liberator, and his die-hard supporters who attack the American forces and the appointed authorities in Iraq do not enjoy the popular support the Communists had in Vietnam.
"...For President Bush, the struggle against terrorism leaves no option but victory, a goal that Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and even Nixon were reluctant to use unrestrained military strength to pursue, lest they ignite World War III with the Soviet Union."
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