It was, after all, only slightly less foolish, and the consequences just as predictable, to attack Iraq while we were engaged in a hot war in Afghanistan in 2003. But we did it anyway. The idea that we'd be greeted as liberators and everything would be fine was as transparently silly as any that's ever crossed a human mind. Certainly as ridiculous as the notion that an attack on Iran could be anything but disastrous. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.