The Reeeeaaaallly Long War
We've been involved in Afghanistan for eight years and will undoubtedly be there longer than than our involvement in Vietnam. Since there is no endpoint our leaders can articulate other than vague platitudes, and since there is no opposition the likes of which we saw in the Vietnam era, we are committing ourselves to quite a long haul.
Wednesday: Old Yeller
posted by Matt Bors at
3:00 AM
2 Comments:
Great cartoon.
To be precise, and with a few exceptions (Pearl Harbour attack, and so on), American people have not suffered the horrous of war since the Civil War almost 150 years ago. Sufferings have been exported. Of course, the military have suffered the consequences of imperialist adventures. When people say "Support Our Troops", one bother if a more complete saying would not be "Support Our Troops - Bring Them Home to Defend Our Own Borders".
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