And why the US and Britain have lost their aggressive, terrorism-generating war, from The Independent’s Patrick Cockburn (who is not likely to appear on FOX anytime soon): “The Duke of Wellington, warning hawkish politicians in Britain against ill-considered military intervention abroad, once said: ‘Great nations do not have small wars.’ He meant that supposedly limited conflicts can inflict terrible damage on powerful states. Having seen what a small war in Spain had done to Napoleon, he knew what he was talking about. “The war in Iraq is now joining the Boer War in 1899 and the Suez crisis in 1956 … Continue reading What It’s Actually Like in Baghdad