Marines Kill Iraqi Civilians

Let's here again about how Iraq is not a quagmire. What happened in Haditha happened at My Lai over thirty years ago. When you put human beings in extremely stressful situations like those marines this is what you get.

It doesn't excuse it. They'll be punished. But let's not act like it never happened before and never will again. You have a war being run by a bunch of draft-dodging politicians who have never seen real combat.

There is a famous saying about George Bush and his fellow 'chickenhawks' Cheney, Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld, Elliot Abrams, William Frist, Dennis Hastert, et al. "Dulce bellum inexpertis."
"War is sweet for those who have not tried it."The saying dates to antiquity and is part of a compilation of Erasmus' Adagia made during the Renaissance.

A quagmire isn't determined by how many dead you suffer. It is about not being able to extract yourself from a mess. That is Iraq.