Ironies abound in Subic Bay and Vietnam: U.S. Navy welcomed back with open arms

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Ironies abound in Subic Bay and Vietnam: U.S. Navy welcomed back with open arms

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com SUBIC BAY, Philippines ― The presence here of the USS Shiloh, a cruiser laden with missiles and cannon, reminds visitors of a bygone era. It was almost 25 years ago that the U.S. Navy had to abandon Subic Bay and the U.S. Air Force evacuated Clark Air Base, […]

Memo to the president: Beware another Vietnam quagmire on the Tigris and Euphrates

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Memo to the president: Beware another Vietnam quagmire on the Tigris and Euphrates

Special to WorldTribune.com by Harlan Ullman For those of us old enough to recall the Vietnam War, fact and reality were obscured and mangled by successive White Houses anxious to reach the delusional “light at the end of the tunnel.” Tragically, at the end of the tunnel lay a quagmire that consumed 58,000 American and […]

Tough talk by Panetta met with tougher talk in response to ‘new American threat’

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Tough talk by Panetta met with tougher talk in response to ‘new American threat’

By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com The Chinese leadership is taking very seriously Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s statement that after curtailing its involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, Washington would focus more of its energy and resources on the Asia-Pacific Theatre. Panetta said in Tokyo last week that despite overall cuts in the Pentagon budget, “we are not […]