Perspective

To quote one of my favorite columnists, Jim Anchower, "Hola amigos. It's been a while since I rapped at ya."

I had to make a quick note about the war and what I feel is a point about "perspective", something this country sorely lacks.

I heard Dick Cheney comment today on how amazing and impressive our impending victory will. As if this will be a military benchmark that will live in infamy forever. Rolling a billion dollar military out into a third world country is not exactly "Storming the Beaches of Normandy" or Germany's defeat of the Roman Empire. Granted, we did get our asses handed to us by Vietnam, but please, is this really that impressive? OK, maybe I thought it would be more of a struggle, but what will be impressive, is if we can truly foster a democracy in in Iraq and change some of the impressions the rest of the world has of us.