tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600985.post3806608783264689488..comments2023-11-03T14:59:31.910+00:00Comments on The Growlery: Too long a sacrifice...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600985.post-38877103785660440032010-06-06T02:55:16.830+00:002010-06-06T02:55:16.830+00:00Back before we lost the high ground, it was often ...Back before we lost the high ground, it was often said that if one had the misfortune to go to war with the United States, one should promptly lose and you would be far better off than before (e.g. Germany and Japan after WWII whereas England and France fared not so well, simplistically.) One can certainly not make that claim for Iraq. Ireland was still a poor country when I lived there in 1970. But, that may not be the real metric one should use for happiness.Dr. Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06255898610620668624noreply@blogger.com