Monday, September 10, 2007

Screwing Up In Iraq

"Bad Management" or Doomed from the Start?

By SAUL LANDAU and FARRAH HASSEN
CounterPunch

"......After two hours of testimony on bungling, we thought of historian Gabriel Kolko's observation: wars don't turn out the way they are supposed to. "Are you telling me that's the best America can do?" asks dejected-looking Lieutenant Seth Moulton.

The answer is "yes."

In Vietnam, the U.S. military killed 4 million Vietnamese and lost the war. Rather than continuing to debate about who will better "manage" Iraq, Democratic presidential aspirants should consider the Iraq war in light of wars in Korea and Vietnam and rethink their assessment of war-making itself."

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