U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Lopez stops traffic as an Iraqi army soldier secures the other direction while on patrol in Sadr City, Iraq, May 27, 2009. Lopez is an infantryman section leader assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell From Foreign Policy:
The rapid deterioration of the situation on the Korean peninsula has collapsed President Obama’s North Korea policy (arguably before the Obama team even decided on a North Korea policy), and this has got me thinking about Iraq. What does Iraq have to do with North Korea? Well, as Bob Woodward relates in his book, one of the key arguments deployed against the surge strategy option in late fall 2006 involved North Korea, specifically the need for the United States to retain a strategic military reserve so as to maintain a full range of military options should the situation in North Korea deteriorate.
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My Comment: A long but perceptive analysis on how the success of the Iraq surge has given President Obama more options on how to handle the Korean crisis. My only concern and worry is that Iraq can still fall into a sectarian conflict, the war in Afghanistan can continue with its slow bleed of U.S. troops, and the political situation in North Korea could deteriorate into chaos. Sometimes .... circumstances and fate cannot be controlled by any President.
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