[syriacus]

you can't blame Truman entirely.

Harry "The Buck Stops Here" Truman could have been a man....like Bush... and fought to keep the troops in S. Korea.

Instead, he slashed the defense budget and withdrew the troops.

[edsheppa]

Bush only stepped up to the plate after 9/11. Until that time his Administration was sleep walking on foreign threats just like the Clinton Admin.