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Monday, June 30, 2003
From the Battle of Yorktown to the Fall of Saigon
I wasn't sure if Lt. Smash was being ironic today or if his post was just a horrible historical analogy.
Over time, this model was applied to the colonial governments themselves. Many of the colonies formed representative legislatures, which addressed matters that were of concern to the entire colony, and made recommendations to the colonial governors.
Thus, a democratic tradition in America was born.
Unfortunately, while these colonists were developing means of self-government, the Atlantic Ocean was not getting any smaller. Without consulting the colonial legislatures, the British restricted colonial trade, levied heavy taxes and duties, and even forced an oppressive military occupation upon the colonies when they protested the harsh measures. As the cries of injustice from the colonial legislatures grew louder, the British authorities ordered them to dissolve.
But the democratic tradition in the Colonies refused to die. After an attempt by the British Army to seize a cache of weapons in a small Massachusetts town resulted in violence and open rebellion, representatives from each of the Thirteen Colonies gathered in the City of Philadelphia during the hot summer of 1776. The result of this Continental Congress was the document that we celebrate today as the Declaration of Independence. (My emphasis)
Maybe he didn't hear about this:
American forces carried out an aggressive series of predawn raids across central Iraq today, aiming to root out groups that have been attacking American and British soldiers and to project an intimidating display of power.
Carried out by the Army's Fourth Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse, the raids involved thousands of soldiers and hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles. Army officials arrested more than 60 people, and seized several caches of weapons and documents.
But military officials said they did not capture anyone on their list of most-wanted Iraqis, and the relative absence of armed resistance suggested that they had not uncovered any major pockets of resistance.
Army commanders said they had staged more than 20 raids over a vast part of the Tigris River valley, beginning just north of Baghdad and going upriver beyond the city of Tikrit. There were no reports of American casualties in the raids, which are likely to continue in the days to come.
Today's almost simultaneous raids began around 2 a.m., and struck homes, farms and abandoned buildings that were suspected of housing loyalists to Saddam Hussein or other groups fighting the American-led occupation.
"We want to send a message of `Don't mess with us,' " said Lt. Col. Aubrey Garner, commander of the First Battalion, 68th Armor, which is part of the Fourth Infantry Division.
The Neocons were right, it isn't going to be like Viet Nam. Think back farther.....
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