I think the Germans are brilliant, especially following a piece in Der Spiegel that I highly recommend:
"It’s all because of Cindy Sheehan — a mother whose son Casey died in the war in Iraq — and her disgruntlement with the ongoing violence there. For weeks, she has been besieging the ranch near Crawford where US President George W. Bush has been spending his astonishingly lengthy vacation. With the unassailable authority of a grieving mother, Sheehan asks the question that the rest of America is also beginning to ask: For what, exactly, are our children dying?"
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What is so brilliant about not learning what the stated mission is?If your interested I have some thoughts on the war.