contrast
compare and contrast ww2, iraq1&2, and the cold war. nazi germany's military buildup went unchecked and uncountered. and boy oh boy did that mistake come back to haunt us. the soviet union having learned the lesson matched the u.s. build up missile for missile. at least until it helped bankrupt their corruption prone government. neither super power could step too far out of line without risking annihilation by the other. in iraq1, bush1 obliterated the would-be hitler's ability to conquer his neighbors. iraq2 is what might have happened if we had pre-emptively invaded germany to keep them out of poland. woo hoo! we stopped the second coming of hitler. well, it stretches the imagination a bit to think he actually could have pulled a hitler. but whatever. i understand the need to justify sending our sons into a meat grinder.