Team Bush’s false optimisn

By H.D.S. Greenway | Tuesday, September 11, 2007 | The Boston Globe

“NATIONS find it infinitely more difficult to get out of wars and military occupations than to get into them. The British stayed in Palestine trying to bring political reconciliation for years after it was clear that nobody wanted to reconcile. The French clung on to Algeria long after it became hopeless. It took the Americans five years to clear their troops out of Vietnam after they had decided to throw in the towel.”…BS

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