When the history of the loss of the Iraq war is written by the losing side — ours — Congressman John Murtha’s public opposition to the war will be highlighted as the turning point. Historians are always looking for turning points when they aren’t looking for watersheds. What is the difference? A turning point loses a war. A watershed reverses an historical process. Murtha will be the turning point. The loss of the war will be the watershed: the great reversal of the post-World War II American Empire. Or so I hope — that some good will result from this … Continue reading Murtha Defeats Bush