The Current War In A Nutshell

May 17, 06 | 10:39 pm by John Lopez

Fred Reed:

An intelligent enemy knows that America cannot be beaten at industrial war. So he thinks, “What then are America’s weaknesses?” The first and crucial one is that the American government enters into distant wars in which the public has no stake. Do you want your son to die for—get this—democracy in Iraq? You diapered him, got him through school-yard fist fights, his first prom, graduation from boot camp, and he comes home in a box—for democracy in Iraq?

One Response to “The Current War In A Nutshell”

  1. John T. Kennedy Says:

    The war in Iraq is long over. Producing democracy is not a mlitary objective, not something an army can accomplish.

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