noteworthy wrote:
Eh. This piece struck me as more than a little bit forced. The US may be like Britain, but Iraq is not the American colonies. Does the author mean to imply that Iraq will rise to become a superpower?

To be honest, it was his discussion of the English perspective on the Revolutionary war that interested me. I basically ignored his attempts to draw parallels to Iraq. It obviously doesn't make sense.

RE: The defeat that made Britain great - International Herald Tribune