To this day I am astonished there are still those who believe that the Vietnam War was the right course if only we had committed more troops — let alone another ten to twenty thousand dead — and won. Deja vu. The thinking runs the same course with respect to Iraq — stay the course but this time victory, regardless that as each week goes by we can count another seven or so of our brave added to the death count. After all, the rate of dying in battle is minuscule in contrast to other wars, although few consider that with medical advancements thousands more of the wounded, and maimed for life, would have died.
As I implied in another blog, war is not a game. We should not forget that the point of war hinges on the necessity for national defense, not some ad-hoc political ruse.
Copyright © 2005 Richard R. Kennedy All rights reserved. Revised: November 9, 2005.
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