Unwinnable War in Iraq?

[In addition to Patrick Cockburn's comments below, a new report this morning (per npr) apparently indicates that the Iraqi police force that we are developing there ranges from incompetent (illiterates) to a menace (includes criminals and insurgents). One would hope for better things for the Iraqi people, but it looks as though hell is breaking out over there. Ed Kent]


http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9558.htm

Iraq: This is now an unwinnable conflict

As he completes another tour of duty in the chaos of Iraq, award-winning reporter Patrick Cockburn charts how Bush and Blair's 'winnable war' turned into a mess that is inspiring a worldwide insurgency

By Patrick Cockburn

07/24/05 "The Independent

The Duke of Wellington, warning hawkish politicians in Britain against ill-considered military intervention abroad, once said: "Great nations do not have small wars." He meant that supposedly limited conflicts can inflict terrible damage on powerful states. Having seen what a small war in Spain had done to Napoleon, he knew what he was talking about. [snip]
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"A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort
to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy)
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