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i would say that the mods err too much on the side of letting the threads meander about... funny the perception differences.
i've always wondered about people who are fickle in their views about a war. what did they expect? a common response is that they say they were led to believe that the war would be easier. how exactly would someone come to that conclusion?
if you're going to topple a country's leadership, replace it with a completely foreign form of government, deal with hundreds of thousands of disenfranchised Baathist's who are used to sucking off Saddam's corruption and rebuild a crumbled infrastructure... all the while fighting another war in Afghanistan and keeping our military posted on alert worldwide, you've got to expect HARD TIMES. yet, our leadership and armed forces carry out this mission with minimal impact on our homefront. most people have lived everyday of their lives since 9-11 without having to make a single consideration to the war being waged by their countrymen.
did you think this was going to be easier than it has been? if so, how can you possibly justify that?
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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