Quote Originally Posted by Tom Odom View Post
Ok we have had a fairly steady diet of good news for the past several months. Many have taken to crowing that we have "won" without offering what the term means when applied in a setting like Iraq. This AM the news reported that the US-Iraqi negotiations had come to satisfactory terms. Maybe as that agreement is released we can use that to define success.

But there are remaining questions. They are long term and they are not being addressed. Notably they deal with the very same sectarian divisions we sought to dampen through measures like the Awakening.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. The links below reflect a couple of episodes from the "wild west" days of American history that, IMHO, seem apropos to the story Tom posted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_County_War

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfigh...he_O.K._Corral

Which side were Pat Garrett and the Earps really on anyway?