http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:11:37 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/11/17/093903.php#comment-28813 we have been to iraq before it is history repeating itself "Beyond the Euphrates began for us the land of mirage and danger, the sands where one helplessly sank, and the roads which ended in nothing. The slightest reversal would have resulted in a jolt to our prestige giving rise to all kinds of catastrophe; the problem was not only to conquer but to conquer again and again, perpetually; our forces would be drained off in the attempt." Emperor Hadrian AD 117-138 28813@blogcritics.org Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:11:37 EST