Tony Blair: 'Ground troops are necessary to fight Islamic State - diplomacy will not defeat them'

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10. What Was The Lesson Of Vietnam?

In a guerrilla war it is about the minds and hearts rather than foreign troops on the ground. We had over 500,000 troops on the ground in Vietnam and the mission was a dismal, unmitigated disaster. Hand picked puppet leaders are the next major failing. Does Iraq still have the leadership to turn things around? I haven't read much about the new guy and that is not a good sign. ISIS has Saddam's old generals and they lead like Saddam led. Apparently Blair doesn't read history much and the role the failure of leadership plays out in these situations. But, then, for Blair to admit that would mean that he would have to admit that he was himself a failure at leadership.