I think you missed the point. Certainly you can pick out particular aspects of the current situation and find parallels to them throughout history but as a whole this situation is completely unique.
You simply can't pick and choose these tiny pieces of the total picture, find some simplistic match and then say the War in Iraq equates to our own revolution. Our "mercenaries" then were of the same basic ethno-religious culture and had no more power than the forces they were aligning themselves with. Our "evil dictator" did not live among us at that time. He was separated by an entire ocean and had much less influence over our citizens day to day.
There weren't thousands of years of history in American culture preceding the revolution with intense ethnic divisions ready to pounce upon each other at the first sign of chaos. I could go on and on.
If you want to ever challenge my knowledge of history I'd welcome the challenge. It's been my hobby since my first exposure to it. I'll gladly stand by my statement given the progression of this thread. If you think you can counter it, go for it.
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- Petraeus presentation
- What difference does it make?
- re: Petraeus presentation
- re: Petraeus presentation
- Technically very sound...and completely out of touch with reality
- I will grant
- Nobody is asking the Democrats to buy everything he says with a complete pass on credibility
- Advice to the press from Michael Yon
- The Crocker presentation
- All I have to say about this: Term Limits...
- Jeez, hear the man out!