"Scarecrow" at leftie blog Firedoglake snarks on Gen. Petraeus' line, "Tell me how this ends," with a picture of the Vietnam Memorial wall.
All of our wars have ended that way, with an honoring of the men and women who gave their lives for their country, for our freedom, and for the freedom of others.
But wars, in fact, generally don't end. At least not on the dates listed in history books. The famous scene at Appomattox Court House was followed by a century of terrorism and strife. World War I took a breather, then came its bastard child, World War II. World War II, thanks to a bad deal at Yalta, morphed into the Cold War, which had its hotter moments in Korea and Vietnam, not to mention Africa and Central America. Our abandonment of Vietnam of course emboldened the Soviets to invade Afghanistan, emboldened the Iranians to ... well, you know where all of that led.
I don't know how this war ends. But I have a pretty good idea how it ends if we follow FDL's prefered route. Just like the Vietnam War. Only here.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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Big fan of the blog Jules.
I am a freelance journalist/aspiring author working on the topic of the Iraq's possible prewar terror links for www.regimeofterror.com and an upcoming book on the subject and I know that you were there for some of the original invasion of Iraq.
I was wondering if sometime you might be willing to spare a few minutes to talk with me about foreign suicide bombers and/or terrorist camps you may or may not have seen during the original invasion of Iraq. I'd be thrilled to know via a comment at regimeofterror.com or an email.
Keep up the great work you do!
Mark
"Not with a bang, but a whimper"?
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