Seven years.
I’d have to say that, all in all, our men and women engaged in the war on terror have done a pretty damn good job—as have the American people and most of the politicians who have been called upon to support their efforts. Not all of the politicians, but most.
The mission in Iraq seems to be accepted as successful now even by those among the reasonable who most strongly opposed it—what the unreasonable say is not important, and we do not hear their words. Anyway, I doubt we’ll be hearing much anymore about how Iraq is a “distraction” from the real war, which is supposed to be in Afghanistan.
I do remember that some of these pols and media people were, actually, opposed to going into Afghanistan. They spoke of the brutal Afghan winter, and how the British and the Soviets had failed so how could we hope to succeed? Today those same people now insist they favored the mission in Afghanistan all along. Success has a million fathers.
Where is Osama bin Laden? Does he even know anymore?
Seven years of vigilance. That means it’s about time for seven more.
Remember.
