#2 The Spanish promise (as yet unfulfilled) to beef up their Afghanistan contingent while abandoning Iraq got me thinking.
In "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" when the Lords of the West are approaching the Black Gate, the terror was so great that some of them were unmanned and fled in terror (the UN and many NGOs). Others of them began to flee, but were then ashamed, and gladly accepted the lesser task of securing Cair Andros (the Spanish). The leaders of the West pressed on and summoned the Dark Lord to come forth from the Black Gate (US, UK, Italy, Poland, etc.). I think that story has a happy ending, but who will play the part of Frodo? |