From the invadee's point of view

[Bravo Zulu]

Wednesday, June 20, 2007
By Dan Simpson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

An overextended U.S. military needs to step more lightly to advance our interests in the world
Niagara-on-the-Lake is a quiet Canadian town with lots of flowers and pretty buildings. A number of historical placards inform the reader that the town was occupied in 1813 by U.S. forces who burnt it to the ground.
That happy thought, alongside accounts of American-administered mayhem this weekend in Afghanistan and Iraq and U.S. threats against Iran and Russia, prompted thought on what it means to a country to be attacked and occupied by the United States.

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