a future president, will preside over our troops’ homecoming.

Sixty years ago, the United States Military needed less than four years to fight two countries, overseas, into complete submission. Today’s military is better trained and equipped than

I did not vote for George W. Bush, and despite the fact that I have taken issue with the majority of his decisions while in office, I would like to make a suggestion, which if followed, would (in my humble opinion), provide George Bush with the most favorable legacy possible out of his Administration – bring our troops home.

This country went to war in Iraq, riding a wave of patriotism, and I would like to believe altruism. A large number of people in this country believed (why I don’t know) that Saddam Hussein had a burgeoning weapons-of-mass-destruction program. Though it seems to have been swept under the rug now, there were also overt suggestions that Iraq was involved in the September 11 attacks. And finally, Saddam Hussein was generally perceived to be a really bad guy; the leader of one of the Axis of Evil nations.

Our military has been in country now for just over four years, Saddam Hussein’s WMD stock pile has never materialized, and George Bush has advised the American Public that a future president, will preside over our troops’ homecoming.

Sixty years ago, the United States Military needed less than four years to fight two countries, overseas, into complete submission. Today’s military is better trained and equipped than i

able legacy possible out of his Administration – bring our troops home.

This country went to war in Iraq, riding a wave of patriotism, and I would like to believe altruism. A large number of people in this country believed (why I don’t know) that Saddam Hussein had a burgeoning weapons-of-mass-destruction program. Though it seems to have been swept under the rug now, there were also overt suggestions that Iraq was involved in the September 11 attacks. And finally, Saddam Hussein was generally perceived to be a really bad guy; the leader of one of the Axis of Evil nations.

Our military has been in country now for just over four years, Saddam Hussein’s WMD stock pile has never materialized, and George Bush has advised the American Public that a future president, will preside over our troops’ homecoming.

Sixty years ago, the United States Military needed less than four years to fight two countries, overseas, into complete submission. Today’s military is better trained and equipped than

addam Hussein had a burgeoning weapons-of-mass-destruction program. Though it seems to have been swept under the rug now, there were also overt suggestions that Iraq was involved in the September 11 attacks. And finally, Saddam Hussein was generally perceived to be a really bad guy; the leader of one of the Axis of Evil nations.

Our military has been in country now for just over four years, Saddam Hussein’s WMD stock pile has never materialized, and George Bush has advised the American Public that a future president, will preside over our troops’ homecoming.

Sixty years ago, the United States Military needed less than four years to fight two countries, overseas, into complete submission. Today’s military is better trained and equipped than

ceived to be a really bad guy; the leader of one of the Axis of Evil nations.

Our military has been in country now for just over four years, Saddam Hussein’s WMD stock pile has never materialized, and George Bush has advised the American Public that a future president, will preside over our troops’ homecoming.

Sixty years ago, the United States Military needed less than four years to fight two countries, overseas, into complete submission. Today’s military is better trained and equipped than

a future president, will preside over our troops’ homecoming.

Sixty years ago, the United States Military needed less than four years to fight two countries, overseas, into complete submission. Today’s military is better trained and equipped than it was in the 1940’s, with no equal in the world.

So why is victory in Iraq so elusive?

The answer is simple. In World War II, we had a tangible goal by which victory could be readily measured. In Iraq, we are fighting against an ideology.

By the World War II standard, we won the war in Iraq in a matter of weeks, when Saddam Hussein’s regime crumbled. The lesson we failed to learn though from the post World War II era is that we can overthrow all of the governments we want. We can invade any country and pound its citizens into submission, but we cannot stop ideas.

Once we began to vilify and fight wars over ideology, our war record started to falter. Despite our victory in Europe, Nazism is alive and well, and can even be found in our own country. Had the U.S. continued fighting World War II until Nazism was dead, we would probably still be fighting.

This is the missed lesson from the Cold War. First France, then the United States fought in Vietnam for decades, yet toda