Slogans, a view from nowhere

You can bleach a lot of the politics from the Iraq War controversy when you think about it in practical terms. That's a brutal and unforgiving way to look at it, but necessary.

Before the Iraq invasion, one argument for the Iraq War went something like this: 9/11, Q. E. D.

I recall the opening speech by General Patton in the movie Patton. He said nobody ever won a war by dying for their country. You win wars by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.

Idle sloganeering doesn't win wars, nor make them right. Slogans don't mean doodly squat to the al-Quaeda leaders still on the loose. They are still alive enjoying the spectacle.