Boo Radley
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Re: Obama Blasts Republicans Over Letter to Iranian Leadership
Not the same. This is a mistake you guys always make. You try to pretend apples are like tree frogs. Comparatively, SK is much more peaceful and requires less of us than Iraq ever would. The fact that we are not wanted in Iraq, and that the fighting will continue forever makes Iraq very different. Until you understand the difference, you'll continue to draw the wrong conclusions.
Really? How is it, then, that the U.S. still has such a large, powerful force in South Korea more than sixty years after the Korean War sputtered out? It has been reduced somewhat, but for decades it consisted of more than 35,000 troops, backed by a lot of armor, artillery, and air power. That seems like a "significant number of troops" to me--roughly twice as large a force as the one military planners suggested for Iraq.
Not the same. This is a mistake you guys always make. You try to pretend apples are like tree frogs. Comparatively, SK is much more peaceful and requires less of us than Iraq ever would. The fact that we are not wanted in Iraq, and that the fighting will continue forever makes Iraq very different. Until you understand the difference, you'll continue to draw the wrong conclusions.