Coffee Talk

 Five years on, with troop loss in excess of 4000, John McCain’s reference to the Iraq war as ‘a proving ground for the tactics needed to beat back a resurgent Taleban’ comes across to me as rather tactless. (^*see below ) 

Think of those who have lost their sons, husbands or fathers.  If they had finally come to terms with the losses, with the consolation that they were sacrificed for a worthy cause, they now have to struggle instead that their loved ones were in fact victims in an experiment. 

As for the Iraqi folks, they may appreciate the coalition’s anchoring presence while they rebuild, but I am not sure how they feel about being used as a proving ground for an ulterior motive.

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