[sheltonmac]

President Bush, while visiting South Africa on Wednesday, said the United States would not overextend its military forces in Liberia. But he also has said America would enforce a cease-fire between the government and rebel forces.

I would expect no less from a consummate politician.

[billbears]

Leading conservatives and foreign-policy analysts, including those who served in the Reagan administration, oppose proposals by some in the Bush administration for sending U.S. troops to Liberia as part of a peacekeeping mission.

Oh, but this can't be true. I've been told elsewhere on FR that Bush and Reagan are on the same path. Sheesh, where else do they need to send troops? Where on this planet are US troops not located? And I see it's the same rhetoric as we heard in Iraq. Not overextended, a promise of not being there for an extended period of time, but there just to help and do the job. And I'm sure the Muslims will just thank us for giving them yet another country