Article about Books about Iraq

A depressing article about some books about Iraq, written by soldiers and a journalist who were there during the initial invasion. Of course war has huge human costs, but it’s hard to be unmoved by these stories about a war of choice. And it’s very hard to reconcile them with our goals and our inability to control the country after the invasion. It will be very interesting to see in twenty years how many Iraqis will feel that the invasion was a good thing–I’m sure there will be quite a few, but I wonder what percentage. And it will be interesting to see how long it takes the U.S. to forget how badly it went, and how long it will take to get involved in another foreign adventure.