by Slobodan Lekic, CommonDreams.com, August 8, 2009
BRUSSELS — Top U.S. officials have reached out to a leading Vietnam war scholar to discuss the similarities of that conflict 40 years ago with American involvement in Afghanistan, where the U.S. is seeking ways to isolate an elusive guerrilla force and win over a skeptical local population.
The overture to Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Stanley Karnow, who opposes the Afghan war, comes as the U.S. is evaluating its strategy there.
Tags: Afghan war, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Richard Holbrooke, Slobodan Lekic, Stanley Karnow, Vietnam war scholar
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