Vietnam’s lesson for Afghanistan
By Ray Takeyh | Thursday, November 12, 2009 | The Boston Globe
“…For too long, the haunting specter of Vietnam has had a debilitating impact on leading Democrats. The fear of entanglement in foreign wars has led many to instinctively oppose the use of force. The central lesson of Vietnam ought to be that the civilian leadership must ask probing questions before committing troops. And that the advice of the military brass cannot be the sole guide of US policy irrespective of concerns of commanders on the ground. In this sense, an administration that has been accused of dithering seems to have learned some of the right lessons of Vietnam….”….BS
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