Lessons of Vietnam

Max Boot writes:

The only hope for long-term political progress is to limit the power of the militias --the real powers -- which must  start by curbing the violence which gives them much of their raison d'être. That is what the forces under Gen. David  Petraeus's command are now doing. We'll need considerably more progress on the security front before we can expect  any substantial political progress at the national level.

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