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| Professor Hanson: Impressions from Iraq |
| 2007-10-11 |
| PajamasXpress blogger Victor Davis Hanson shares what he learned during his recent trip to Baghdad and forward operating bases in Anbar and Diyala provinces. (See also Part One and Part Two.) |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 What's even more stark is that none of the guys I knew who actually did big things over there consider themselves heros in any sense of the word. I agree Penguin. I plan on running for some minor office later on in life. Right now, I'm having too much fun on active duty...but in 10 yrs - who knows. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2007-10-11 18:11 |
| #2 Thought question: Would some of the heros be so 'evident' as such if there was no 'crucible' to strip away the civilian facade? Knowwhaddamean? Maybe wars make heros? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-10-11 16:19 |
| #1 "As a supporter of some four years of the now unpopular effort to remove Saddam and leave a democracy in his place, I continue to have only one reservation, albeit a major one. The U.S. soldier in the field is so unusually competent and heroic that one comes to despair at the very thought of losing even one of them. As a military historian I know that an army that canÂ’t take casualties canÂ’t win, but I confess after spending 16-hour days with our soldiers in impossible conditions one wonders whether the entire country of Iraq is worth the loss of just of these unusual Americans. I understand both the lack of logic and perhaps amorality in such a sweeping statement, but feel it nonetheless out here." I'd say that Professor Hanson sums up how I feel about the whole thing. My only hope is that after they get Iraq fixed, these soldiers come back and run for office. Iraq and Afghanistan will prove the crucible for the future leaders of America. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2007-10-11 13:14 |