re: #31 zombie

Yes, but the actual war itself was completely different.

The American Left went through the motions of recreating a Vietnam War-esque anti-war movement, but it flopped because the nature of the Iraq war itself was so fundamentally different. (Especially since we won this time around.)

It remains to be seen whether we’ve won or not. There has been a recent upsurge in violence in Iraq, largely in anticipation of the upcoming US withdrawal from urban areas. I would look for such attacks to increase in coming months, as all manner of bad players look to assert their power over the looming vacuum.

The difference, though, will be that the Left will be in charge this time, and will be directly responsible for the collapse of authority and the resulting loss, although they will certainly invent a tale placing blame on the Right nonetheless.