It was another of those great TV moments. Embedded reports filming as the “last” brigade of American troops in Iraq cross the border into Kuwait bringing over seven years of unhappy conflict to its final, conclusive end. America was, at last, at peace
Cry Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war, that this foul deed shall smell above the earth with carrion men, groaning for burial.
Act III of the play Julius Caesar (1599), by William Shakespeare
Empires have come and gone throughout human history and they all have a set of phases they go through. Only by studying history we can avoid the mistakes of the past.
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