An historically bad decision.
After listening to NPR do a piece with historians trying to reach a historical parallel for Iraq (none claimed a close parallel,) I got to really thinking about this, and realized there really is no good modern parallel for the catastrophe that is the US in Iraq.
Why? Because no other leader or country was foolish enough to invade a country creating this multisided, anti-US, regionally powered civil/guerilla/insurgent war. It's really unprecedented.
Although a fair number of countries have walked into the death by a thousand cuts of a unified nationalist or religious guerilla insurgency, no other country has intentionally cast itself into a multisided conflict and tried to fight all sides at once.
There really is no parallel.
Why? Because no other leader or country was foolish enough to invade a country creating this multisided, anti-US, regionally powered civil/guerilla/insurgent war. It's really unprecedented.
Although a fair number of countries have walked into the death by a thousand cuts of a unified nationalist or religious guerilla insurgency, no other country has intentionally cast itself into a multisided conflict and tried to fight all sides at once.
There really is no parallel.
posted by mikevotes at
5:21 PM
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Hi,
Pedantic perhaps, but the tale of Rome and it`s empire has perhaps some parallels.
"Wealth by way of the sword?"
Militaristic and elitist, ever expanding, and taking on all tribes and nations, subjugating the financial medium of the time, insisting that all revenues, taxes and treasures revert to a ruling clique.
Eventually the greed and despotism of the emperors and the political classes, and the nepotism within the circles of power led to the the collapse of "The city that would rule the world".
Who knows how it will end, let`s hope that peace somehow returns to Iraq.
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landsker, at 1:45 PM
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