jman1310
The strategy in Korea had limited aims and returning to the original borders along the 38th parallel was the primary aim. So it was a political and military success. If the primary aim in Korea were to push the communists into China and reunify the peninsula we would be having a very different discussion. Korea was painful in that we really were not ready to fight a war. However, this less to do with the politicians and more to do with Generals, in that troop readiness was allowed decline to criminal levels. You also need to remember that Korea was not just Americas war 15 countries under US leadership fought in Korea.
Vietnam-the root of most of the political ills associated with Vietnam had more to do with the median age of the US population and less to do with Democrat vs. Republican. Explaining this would be a new thread…so I’m going to just let this rest.
Further, I am sick of hearing the republicans blame all the worlds’ ills on democrats and vice versa. Before you start turning Democrat or Liberal into a bad word, consider that black moderates like me remember that it was the “Liberals” who supported us in or fight to end apartheid in America.
jman1310&superant
Going into Somalia actually was initiated by the 1st Bush administration. Further, it was a peace keeping mission. The only aim of the operation was to provide humanitarian relief and provide security for relief workers. Given the very limited aims of the operation I think it was ultimately deemed too risky and unpopular by the Clinton once you had “operators” being dragged down streets on International TV. Again this goes back to the political will of the population. Once Americans saw this on TV everyone began to say…”why are we even there” As I recall the “conservative” politicians screamed the loudest.
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