Wednesday, July 05, 2006

They Hate Us For Our Way-a-life.

Max Boot's opinion column in today's LA Times explains why we may not be doing better than we are in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Among the more surrealistic moments of my travels was pausing at a base near Baqubah — a far-from-pacified Iraqi city that was Abu Musab Zarqawi's last base of operations — to enjoy a fresh-brewed iced latte at a Green Beans coffee shop. It hit the spot, but when I later told a Marine captain about the experience, he took away some of my enjoyment by asking, "I wonder how many men had to die to get those coffee beans to Baqubah?"

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