EDITORIAL TWO YEARS IN IRAQ SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF WAR FINDS AMERICANS CONFLICTED.ON this, the second anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq Iraq or Irak (both: ēräk`, ĭrăk`), officially Republic of Iraq, republic (2005 est. pop. 26,075,000), 167,924 sq mi (434,924 sq km), SW Asia. , the nation at home is still conflicted. While the most recent public opinion poll found most Americans support our troops "Support our troops" is a slogan commonly used in the United States and in Canada in reference to the United States Military and the Canadian Forces (Army, Air & Navy). The slogan has been used in the recent conflicts, including the Gulf War[1] and Iraq war. in Iraq, just slightly more than half of Americans also say the war itself was a mistake. At the same time, most Americans see that the war has improved the chances of a more stable and democratic Middle East. Clearly, America is deeply divided about the war, conflicted over our policies, united only in the anguish over the huge cost in human life - 1,500 American troops dead, 11,000 wounded and untold thousands of Iraqis killed or injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. . Are we better off? Is Iraq? Probably. Today, in war protests and memorials and in private homes across the country, Americans will mark the anniversary in their own ways. This may not be quite the war we were sold two years ago, but it is the war we've got now. To change course while the seeds of democracy have yet to come into full bloom full bloom the stage of a crop when two-thirds of the plants are in flower; the crop is mature. would be nothing less than folly folly In architecture, an eccentric, generally nonfunctional (and often deliberately unfinished) structure erected to enhance a romantic landscape. Follies were particularly in vogue in England in the 18th and early 19th century. . |
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