Adviser urges tempering of support

WAR ON TERROR Lin Chong-pin says the US campaign in Afghanistan is a different beast from an attack on Iraq and is calling on Taiwan to distinguish between the two

By Wu Ming-chieh / STAFF REPORTER

According to Lin, if the US is to successfully win a war against Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein, it has to be successful militarily, in follow-up peacekeeping activities and in the reconstruction of political power. In case of insufficient international support, the US will once again walk down the road of unilateralism and isolationism. If this happens, it will not be advantageous to the Bush administration.

Translated by Perry Svensson