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By the way

  • Aug 23rd, 2006
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    • As of August 15, the US has been involved in the War in Iraq longer than we were in WWII. I don’t think it really means anything, but I think it is interesting.

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    James Allen posted this entry on Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 at 4:01 pm. Posted in the category History, News You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

    2 Responses to “By the way”

    1. Peter McGrath Says:

      August 24th, 2006 at 5:27 pm

      Maybe: the time doesn’t signify, the manner of the US engagement does. The USA had to be persuaded into WW2 (the Battle of Britain was fought so strongly to persuade the US that we were a good bet, much of Churchill’s rhetoric was aimed at the US audience and we had a secret PR operation running in the US to plany pro-Brit propaganda). The US certainly gave much-needed support in 1940 but Ambassador Joseph Kennendy was dead against the US supporting Britain - some history there). Obviously Pearl Harbour tipped the balance. Iraq was different - the US went looking for and fabricated a causus belli. We can’t complain - we came yapping along and gave a shred of credibility. Well, wee ddid complain, but out idiot government took no notice.

    2. James Allen Says:

      August 25th, 2006 at 12:18 am

      If it means anything at all, I think it just goes to show what a long road our troops have had to walk over there.

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