President-elect Barack Obama listens to a reporter's question during a news conference in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)From The L.A. Times:
What lessons have we learned since 9/11, and when should he send American troops into harm's way?
If World War I was to be "the war to end all wars," President Bush's so-called war on terror was conceived as a war without end. Just days after Al Qaeda's suicide airliner attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Bush declared that he would "rid the world of evildoers," and Vice President Dick Cheney warned that the United States would fight indefinitely: "There's not going to be an end date when we're going to say, 'There, it's all over with.'
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My Comment: The commentary and advice from the L.A. Times is not what President Obama should follow.