Echoes of Vietnam in Afghanistan

[Robeson]

Echoes of Vietnam in Afghanistan

Robert Fox, Guardian

Excerpt:

The summary sacking of General David McKiernan as the American commander in Afghanistan after only 11 months is a sure sign that things are not going well there – for the US or anyone else except the Taliban. Simon Tisdall points out that there are questions surrounding the decision; some would say it is a sign of panic in Washington about the impasse now developing in America's longest war since Vietnam.

It has certainly not encouraged McKiernan's peers in the military, who liked and even respected the man and his skills. Only last month McKiernan was nominated as the only soldier in Time Magazine's Top 100 most influential people for 2009. Ironically he was written up by General Wes Clark, the former Nato commander and Democrat presidential hopeful, who was also booted out after political altercations in Washington, though in his case it was the tangle over Kosovo that brought him down...

Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/may/12/general-mckiernan-afghanistan

Also some interesting observations below the article from readers.

[TrogL]

1. Since when is this "America's war"?

Canada and England have been there since the beginning.

As usual, the US showed up late and claimed all the credit while taking none of the blame.