How, in narrative terms, would you explain the Iraq war? On the assumption that you didn’t want to say either that, “Iraq is only one front in World War IV, the global struggle against Islamofascism” or “we went to war so the President could get back at the guy who tried to kill his dad, make money for his buddies in the oil business, and protect Israel.”
Suggestions?
There were people singing this song together who, politically, had nothing in common and probably wouldn’t have talked to each other…. It’s just the story of a little guy against a big world. It’s not so much an anti-war song as a song against stupidity…
Some thoughts on a solemn fall day, on what we owe soldiers as leaders, and as fellow citizens.
First, from a veteran leader:
I want to share with all of you a picture that I have carried with me for more than 50 years. This is my father, when he was a young Air Force [...]
