Are We Thinking Long Term in Iraq?

Quote of the day:
“It’s great to think outside the box, but some people don’t know where the box is.”
--Preston Creston

Quote of the day no. 2:
“There have been 5,600 years of written history and 14,600 wars have been recorded.”
--James Hillman

Ted Koppel’s most recent documentary for the Discovery channel is called Our Children’s Children’s War. I tuned in, expecting a critique of our military involvement in Iraq. But that’s not what this program was about.

Koppel did some very interesting reporting about some of our long-term military efforts in the Middle East and North Africa. It actually was quite hopeful.

He showed how many small military units have established long-term projects to aid people across the region. One project involves digging wells so villages can begin around them.

The telling moment in the documentary was when an officer said how difficult it is to expand and even continue this effort with 140,000 troops assigned to combat operations in Iraq.