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Iraq’s Savage Ironies
NRO ^ | 21 nov 07 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 11/21/2007 11:23:47 AM PST by rellimpank

Adaptability, self-critique, and persistence will prevail.

The war in Iraq — as all wars — is fraught with savage ironies.

In the build-up to the invasion, anti-Americanism in Europe reached a near frenzy. It was whipped up by French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, and evoked warnings of an eternal split in the Atlantic Alliance. If Iraq had proved a catalyst for this expression of near hatred — fueled by long-standing angers and envies — it soon, however, proved to be a catharsis as well.

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To: y6162

I’ve been calling them that for a couple of years now. I picked it up from James Taranto of The WSJ.

See here (search on copper):
http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110007647


21 posted on 11/26/2007 5:29:58 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: y6162

Also explored here:

Copperheads, Then and Now
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YjAxOWZhOWQ1YWMwNDEwMDIyYmQ0MjQwZjgyOGFkZTU=
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1803273/posts


22 posted on 11/26/2007 5:31:51 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: Vineyard

Agreed.


23 posted on 11/26/2007 8:40:04 PM PST by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
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