http://limnthis.typepad.com/limn_this/2006/12/three_and_a_hal.html

Here’s a quick excerpt…

After three and a half years I’m still new to the world of defense contracting but there is something about it that is bugging me, really bugging me…

We entered the Second World War in December 1941 and finished it in August 1945, or after just a little bit more than three and a half years. Our war to topple Sadam Hussein began in March 2003 and it is now December 2006, or just a little bit more than three and a half years. It is amazing to me that we’ve been in Iraq for as long as we were directly involved in WWII. Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, Midway, North Africa, Stalingrad, The Bulge, Iowa Jima, Hiroshima… all of it happened in the time we’ve spent in Iraq.

October 5, 2007, 9:32 am
by William Bache*

The President of the United States expressed his desire to build a democratic Iraq that could serve as an example to the rest of the Arab and Islamic nations. The American military was the instrument chosen to build an Iraqi security structure that could fight terrorism and still promote ethical leaders and democratic values. However, efforts to transfer American military values to Iraq have been a failure. The leaders of the Iraqi Joint Security Forces have politely listened to what the Americans have determined is best for them and then have gone back to doing what they feel is best for them—namely situational leadership, corruption, and human rights violations.