I've had the honour of knowing several people in uniform over the years, and the picture above must surely make them nauseous. Having sent over 2000 young men and women to an early demise, for blatantly false reasons, continuing to deceive, then for all intents and purposes accusing those who would question him of treason, the sight of this man in a uniform must surely cause intestinal distress.

Almost all wars in human history have started for political purposes, back to the siege of Troy. However, I don't recall reading about a war that from start to finish has had the reek of politics that this war has. It started because it was a winnable war against an old foe, who continued to thumb his nose at the US. It's ending in a civil war with a puppet government being established that denies large sections of the population representation.

This war, this new Mikado government will lead to strife, violence, bloodshed, tears for decades to come. Western empires, since 1918 have divvied up the middle east, much the way a parent establishes ground rules for children. After awhile, resentment builds up which leads to an explosion of rebellion.