Viewed in historical perspective, the idea that covert operations and selective bombing would force the enemy to “desist” was a fantasy. But it was a necessary fantasy if the president was to escape making what he feared would be unpopular decisions.
Said by
McMaster about LBJ and failed approach to the problem of Vietnam - is it my contention that Obama will travel down the same road? Gates is no McNamara and... well, don't know who might play
McGeorge Bundy here... still, I think it
is my contention... although more of a notion than a soundly reasoned idea... a contributing factor to LBJ's flawed approach was a desire not to have a costly war sidetrack the big money, big government agenda of The Great Society... certainly echoes of Obama there... increasingly one does hear talk of Pakistan
devolving into a Vietnam, and at a glance the similarities are a bit disturbing... with the added fun of a nuclear arsenal falling into the hands of
Islamist fanatics...
