Posted by Declan on January 25, 2007, at 13:32:50
In reply to nephew killed in Iraq, posted by fayeroe on January 25, 2007, at 10:30:51
Pat, I'm so sorry. And it's not even as if you can tell yourself that it was worth it (forgive me if I'm wrong).
Isn't that the difference between good wars and bad ones? People are killed in both, but in a good war it was *for* something?
That was the problem with the whole WMD thing. It wasn't just a question of finding a package that would sell to the American people.
Any comparison with Churchill (for heaven's sake) is ludicrous. WMD was not telling the truth at a time of maximum peril.This mix of virtue, arrogance, hubris and idealism (not to speak of ignorance!).......yet so many of the junior officers in "The Assassins Gate" are very admirable people.
What a waste it all is, what a mess. Who knows where it will end up?
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