We Won

... catching up and patching up are poor substitutes for keeping up in the first place.  (Larsen and Hegarty, Believing In Myself, 13 October)

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The President has announced that he will pull the troops out of Iraq by the end of the year.  

• What does this mean?  
• Does he mean all of them?  
• Did we win the war?
• Will we keep some presence there for the next fifty years?  
• What about all of the material and equipment?
• Will we move the equipment somewhere else where we need it?
• How many millions of dollars will we spend to replace these abandoned resources?
• Did we accomplish our mission?
• What were we doing there in the first place?

Last night I listened to the Friday night Grand Ole Opry.  There were some good acts.  Hometown success story, Eddie Stubbs, was the announcer.  On the bill were: Jimmy Dickens, The Whites, Riders In The Sky, Mike Snynder and Mandy Barnett.

Mr. Dickie

22 October 2011