Mission creep: Difference between revisions

Another early example of mission creep is the [[Korean War]].<ref>[http://www.carlisle.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/01winter/record.htm ''Exit Strategy Delusions'' last retrieved February 15, 2007.] {{deadwayback|url=http://www.carlisle.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/01winter/record.htm link|date=October20070203182759 2012}}</ref> It began as an attempt to save [[South Korea]] from invasion by the [[North Korea|North]], but after that initial success expanded to an attempt to reunite the peninsula, a goal that eventually proved unattainable. That attempt resulted in a long and costly retreat through [[North Korea]] after the intervention of the [[China|Chinese]].<ref name="korean war">{{cite web |url=http://history-world.org/korean_war.htm |title=Korean War |author= |date= |work= |publisher=World History Center |accessdate=16 April 2011}}</ref> [[NBC]] reporter [[David Gregory (journalist)|David Gregory]] has cited the [[Vietnam War]] as an important example of mission creep, defining it as "the idea of, you know, gradually surging up forces, having nation-building goals, and running into challenges all along the way."<ref>[http://www.jcs.mil/speech.aspx?id=1235 JCS Speech – Meet the Press]. [http://www.jcs.mil/ Joint Chiefs of Staff website]. Accessed August 24, 2009.</ref>