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Originally Posted by seretogis
Can anyone cite another historical war that was commenced in order to clean up Papa's mess from thirty years ago? Let's hope not.
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The Crimean War (grandma's mess actually, but I assume that still works)
The War of Polish Succession (depends on the relation to Peter I)
A whole bunch of Russo/Turkish wars
I can go through any number of other European wars with a father/son ruling combination, but the Russian ones are so neat and tidy because the autocratic nature of the governments lends itself so nicely to making the point.
The idea that the sole reason for the invasion of Iraq was the son's need to measure up to the father, or anything of the sort, is laughable.
If indeed this venture proves to be as big a failure as it seems now, then I think it will prove to be a systemic failure, not an individual one. There's more than enough blame to go around here.