[lbo-talk] Trenchant comment from Max's blog

[Gary?]

From: "R" <rhisiart at charter.net>
> Steve Kyle, an econ prof at Cornell, wrote the following:
>
> "Iraq is just like Viet Nam in this way:
>
> We dont have the will to do whatever it takes to 'win' because that would
> mean destroying whole cities and killing tens of thousands. The other side
> does have the will to do whatever it takes to get us out. So they will
> prevail in the end."
>
Iraq is like Vietnam in that as inVietnam the US doesn't understand the
people , the region, the culture, or why they are being shot at. It is
unlike Vietnam in that the US Govnmt doesn't care, having a totally
different agenda.

Gary?
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