Longer Than WWII
November 27th, 2006 | by Ken Grandlund |Yesterday brought a hallmark of sorts to the war in Iraq. As of November 26th, we have now been fighting the terr’ists in Iraq for a longer time than it took us to defeat both the Nazi’s and the Imperial Japanese at the same time in WWII.
In fact, only the American Revolution, the American Civil War, and the Vietnam Conflict have engaged America’s military for a longer consecutive period than the current debacle in the Middle East.
In the American Revolution we gained a country and freedom from tyranny.
In the American Civil War, we freed the slaves and preserved the Union.
In WWII, we saved the world from fascism, imperialism, and the horror of Nazism.
Yet in these past 3 years and 8 months, there has been demonstrably little progress in the GWOT, and what successes have been achieved have come more often through normal law enforcement actions than from military ones.
And what do we have to show for our 4th longest military engagement? Record off the books debt, massive war profiteering, ruined lives, a loss of American prestige…these are but a few of the things America has gained from Bush’s ill-chosen war.
Some compare the war in Iraq to our involvement in Vietnam. In many ways the parallel is apt. Let’s just hope that the length of time we spend mired in the desert doesn’t become another one.
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4 Responses to “Longer Than WWII”
By Steve on Nov 28, 2006 | Reply
If you take war and reconstruction (which is what we are doing in Iraq as well), that took eight years. Just thought you needed your math straightened out.
By tos on Nov 28, 2006 | Reply
So WWII is a timeline for all other wars?