Tue
Jan 5 2010
12:15 pm
By: EricLykins
...for the war in Afghanistan (97 months) to outlast the Revolutionary War (100 months). The Iraq War follows behind at 80 months and counting, while Vietnam set our benchmark at 128 months. WWII went 44 moons.
Creepy chart at Congress.org. Watching the Adobe flash player bar graph load is like watching a horse race.
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The ruling military industrial complex requires a permanent war, either with us or a proxy, so we will have one.
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