Boot, his history degree well-employed, points out that (a) all anti-insurgencies have had atrocities; (b) these have not been as decisive as other matters in the outcome of the wars in question. What matters is winning.
In sum, Boot concludes:
Victory diminishes the significance of war crimes; defeat magnifies them into defining events.
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It has just been announced that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been killed. I feel like going out and dancing in the street with a bunch of other strangers. Sadly this is an election year so this will be pushed aside in a couple of days.
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