Bush wants U.S. troops to remain in Iraq like in Korea

More than 50 years after the start of the Korean War, and U.S. troops still remain at the DMZ ready to be used.  This is how Bush sees the future of U.S. military policy in Iraq:

White House spokesman Tony Snow said Bush would like to see a U.S. role in Iraq ultimately similar to that in South Korea.

"The Korean model is one in which the United States provides a securitypresence, but you've had the development of a successful democracy inSouth Korea over a period of years, and, therefore, the United Statesis there as a force of stability," Snow told reporters.

Is the White House really serious -- or is this just yet an attempt to compare Bush's legacy to those of Truman and Eisenhower?

Even if Bush was serious, a few obvious worries come to mind:

• The Middle East is not at all like the Korean Peninsula -- neither socially, economically nor geopolitically.
• Where would the DMZ be in Iraq?  Baghdad?  Good luck with that!
• U.S. troops in Iraq for the next 50 years?  Do we have the resources to fund that?

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[granny]

And yet, and yet ...handwriting on the wall...

See Lonna VanHorn posted comment made this a.m under Democrats Gave Bush Oil., last paragraph ~