And you are correct about that couplet.
I need to go back to the GMU site and determine if it was a cut and paste error on my part or a deletion on theirs.
As to my reason for posting this article it was not about imperialism. It was about How it must feel to be a troop over there idealisticaly believing you are doing the right thing and getting blown away as a reward.
As to your comments re: spreading democracy, that ain't why we are there but I would rather not get into that on this thread.
And that is why I brought in the missing couplet. Once again:
Watch sloth and heathen Folly
Bring all your hopes to nought.
Do you consider the recent elections to be sloth and heathen folly? The Iraqi people came out to vote in greater percentages than in this country, in the face of death threats. They had every reason after the intial invasion to question our resolve, given the fact that we hung them out to dry after the first Gulf War.
So you can question whether it was all worth it. But the Iraqis have hardly let us down for our troubles.
The fault is theirs, not yours.