With Korea as Model, U.S. Ponders Long Role in Iraq

Things are looking more and more like there will be a very long term military presence in Iraq.

President Bush has long talked about the need to maintain an American military presence in the region, without saying exactly where. Several visitors to the White House say that in private, he has sounded intrigued by what he calls the “Korea model,” a reference to the large American presence in South Korea for the 54 years since the armistice that ended open hostilities between North and South.

Here is the New York Times Article.