Some things never change: World War I — Many who were enthusiastic on August 1, 1914 and had butter, had hoped that on August 1, 1917 there would be more butter. They can still remember the enthusiasm. Karl Kraus, Die Fackel [The Torch], p. 174, Vol. XIX (9 October, 1917), Vienna. Iraq Invasion — Many who were enthusiastic on March 20, 2003 and had gasoline, had hoped that on March 20, 2006 there would be more gasoline. They can still remember the enthusiasm. Ironical Chronicle, 90 years later.

Annals of Warfare

August 9, 2007

US Elites Demonstrate Their Altruism

Bringing bipartisan Democracy even to the stomachs of children

Joao Silva for The New York Times Hajji Mir Gul held Bashir Ahmed, his 2-year-old grandson, at the British base in Sangin. NATO doctors had removed shrapnel from the boy’s abdomen and warned that he might not survive.

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