The Pendragon's Hall

Yesterday Americans marked a somber occasion: the 4th anniversary of the war in Iraq. The Pendragon remembers he did not go into work today because I was up all night celebrating and watching the news. I was so psyched to see one brutal dictator getting what he deserved. I remain so to this day. It is disgraceful that the country that saved the world twice during the last century now debates the worth of the sacrifice of less than four thousand brave men and women over a four-year period. In World War II we lost hundreds of thousands per day. And while we're at it, for the most part, that war was also a pre-emptive strike. When Japan finally retaliated for FDR's covert operations, it brought us into a war against Italy and Germany who had never attacked us, but who we feared might someday want to do so. By today's logic, we should have bombed Japan and overthrown the Emperor, but left Hitler and Mussolini free to do their will in Europe until we had a smoking gun. The Pendragon is actually sympathetic to the idea that we should have backed up Britain but let Stalin and Hitler duke it out on the Eastern front. Whoever won would be so spent we could take them out easily if we needed to. But I digress. The war in Iraq has been the closest thing to bloodless since the Spanish-American War and while we have suffered losses, the enemy has suffered far more. Let the wienies shut up, let History render its judgment: the Iraq War is a resounding success!