With Korea as Model, U.S. Ponders Long Role in Iraq

…In a Democratic-controlled Congress, which continues to press for a troop withdrawal deadline, talk of permanent bases is not welcome, though many Democrats acknowledge that the United States cannot simply leave Iraq in chaos. Nor is the idea popular in the Middle East, though some countries are desperate for a strategic counterweight to Iran


And the analogy rankles analysts who believe the situation is far less similar to Korea than it is to Vietnam in the