Well for starters we’ve now been in Iraq longer than we fought in WW2. From Yahoo:
As of Sunday, the conflict in Iraq has raged for three years and just over eight months.
Only the Vietnam War (eight years, five months), the Revolutionary War (six years, nine months), and the Civil War (four years), have engaged America longer.
Fighting in Afghanistan, which may or may not be a full-fledged war depending on who is keeping track, has gone on for five years, one month. It continues as the ousted Taliban resurges and the central government is challenged.
It looks like we’re right on schedule to be involved in Iraq’s Civil War longer than we were involved in our own, only 120 days or so before we break that record too. Sobering, no?
