>>And never have we engaged in a stupider one, with less provocation, then this fool's errand in Iraq,
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>I think this war was a terrible mistake, but I think probably the Spanish-American War wins for stupidest.
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I can't disagree with you there. The only mitigating factor is we were connived by the Hearst newspapers into believing one of our battleships -- the Maine! -- had been sunk, which was our pretext for declaring war.

Isn't it the war someone or other in the U.S. government called "a splendid little war"?

BTW, thanks for not calling me on "then" vs. "than". It must have taken all your restraint <g>.