Zach LarkinsHISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
Just a blurb that came my way the other day. I thought I'd share it.
When the cut and runners want to withdraw from Iraq at the highest possible speed, do they really know what they are talking about?
From an editorial in the Post, we have the following:
"When U.S. President James Polk (1844-48) sent the U.S. army to wrest the southwest from Mexican control, what happened in New Mexico and to a lesser extent in California, was mindful of what American troops face today in parts of Iraq. In 1847 (13 years before the civil war) the hitherto serene Spanish town of Taos erupted. As described by Hampton Sides in his history, Blood and Thunder, the Americans believed all was well. Actually, Mexicans despised the American "foreigners" whom they saw as arrogant oppressors. Encouraged by Mexican priests, "defiance was fuelled by racial mistrust, religious zeal and desire to defend a country they still loved ... (despite being) governed corruptly and indifferently from faraway Mexico City." Padres spread untruths about the Americanos that were believed -- rather like some Imams in Muslim mosques. In quiet Taos, home of the legendary mountain man Kit Carson, violence and massacres erupted. Gov. Charles Bent (Carson's brother-in-law) was torn to pieces, Carson's home was demolished, rampaging spread and gringos were killed at will before the army moved in, restored order, and summarily hanged half a dozen supposed ringleaders."
America is not in Iraq to take over the country or to steal its oil. They, along with other NATO forces, are there to stabilize a democratic government and let the locals have some freedom. The Mexicans can be compared to the terrorists, or radicals if you wish, the Americanos can be compared to those Iraqis who just want to live in peace, and the US army is the catalyst to help them live in peace.
When the cut and runners want to withdraw from Iraq at the highest possible speed, do they really know what they are talking about?
From an editorial in the Post, we have the following:
"When U.S. President James Polk (1844-48) sent the U.S. army to wrest the southwest from Mexican control, what happened in New Mexico and to a lesser extent in California, was mindful of what American troops face today in parts of Iraq. In 1847 (13 years before the civil war) the hitherto serene Spanish town of Taos erupted. As described by Hampton Sides in his history, Blood and Thunder, the Americans believed all was well. Actually, Mexicans despised the American "foreigners" whom they saw as arrogant oppressors. Encouraged by Mexican priests, "defiance was fuelled by racial mistrust, religious zeal and desire to defend a country they still loved ... (despite being) governed corruptly and indifferently from faraway Mexico City." Padres spread untruths about the Americanos that were believed -- rather like some Imams in Muslim mosques. In quiet Taos, home of the legendary mountain man Kit Carson, violence and massacres erupted. Gov. Charles Bent (Carson's brother-in-law) was torn to pieces, Carson's home was demolished, rampaging spread and gringos were killed at will before the army moved in, restored order, and summarily hanged half a dozen supposed ringleaders."
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