Sunday, March 02, 2008

Haven't We Played This Record Before?

Then:

FULBRIGHT HINTS U.S. WEIGHS USE OF TROOPS IN ASIA

WASHINGTON, May 4 [1961] -- Senator J.W. Fulbright strongly indicated tonight that the Kennedy Administration was considering the possibility of direct military intervention to counteract Communist threats in South Vietnam and Thailand...

Now:
U.S. Plan Widens Role in Training Pakistani Forces in Qaeda Battle

WASHINGTON [March 2, 2008]— The United States military is developing a plan to send about 100 American trainers to work with a Pakistani paramilitary force that is the vanguard in the fight against Al Qaeda and other extremist groups in Pakistan’s restive tribal areas, American military officials said.

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