Epstein Secrets

instance, is increasingly considered a skilled foreign policy president, even though he left office with the Balkans descending into the abyss and Saddam Hussein clinging to power — two "failures" that many thought would forever taint his legacy. With foreign policy problems, the United States is usually cho

e with the Balkans descending into the abyss and Saddam Hussein clinging to power — two "failures" that m

the Balkans descending into the abyss and Saddam Hussein clinging to power — two "failures" that many thou

flict, from the War of Independence to Civil War, Indian wars, wars with Mexico and Spain, two world wars, and the wars in the Korean Peninsula and Indochina, not to mention more recent campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. Obama has tried to shift the emphasis to "soft power", including his own powers of

AIRPOWER By Martin van Creveld Illustrated. 498 pp. PublicAffairs. $35. April 22, 2011 -- When President George W. Bush launched his war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq with an incandescent burst of "shock and awe," political commentators marveled at the seemingly magical impact of modern air power. Some forec

resident George W. Bush launched his war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq with an incandescent burst of "sho

t George W. Bush launched his war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq with an incandescent burst of "shock and

nes EFTA00585504 25 played little part in his country's successful Korean offensive of 1950-51. If only the champions of America's adventure in Indochina had absorbed the historical lessons of these earlier experiences. Perhaps Robert S. McNamara, defense secretary under Presidents Kennedy and Johns

0s, he and his fighters had been expelled by King Hussein’s army from Jordan and were re-based in Lebanon.

forces unit that could fight as well. Early in 1963, we hosted a visit to the unit by Colonel Albert Merglen, a veteran of France’s colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria, and commander of the airborne commando force known as the 11" Demi-brigade Parchutistes de Choc. As the colonel looked on, I led a sayer

0s, he and his fighters had been expelled by King Hussein’s army from Jordan and were re-based in Lebanon.

forces unit that could fight as well. Early in 1963, we hosted a visit to the unit by Colonel Albert Merglen, a veteran of France's colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria, and commander of the airborne commando force known as the 11* Demi-brigade Parchutistes de Choc. As the colonel looked on, I led a sayer