My wife and I drove up to LaPorte IN last Saturday for a friend's winter party. The party was the next day. We checked in to the Blue Heron Inn on Pine Lake planning to leave Tuesday. The Inn was a comfortable, friendly place with great food and interesting people in the bar.
At the party on Wedesday we rode in a horse-drawn sleigh, watched people cross-country ski, and enjoyed a big outdoor bonfire. Mostly we relaxed in front of the fireplace, drinking hot mulled wine simmering on an old potbelly stove outside entertained by a D.J. spinning old but familiar tunes.
Then that night the snow started falling, falling, and falling. It stopped at 10 inches. We weren't going anywhere Tuesday. In fact, we didn't going anywhere until three days later. When we weren't snowed in there, the city we lived in was buried in 12 inches of snow. We finally got home late Friday afternoon. Our weekend lasted a week.
It was okay. We were not stuck in a snow bank. We were not cold. Our room had a scenic lake view, even though the blowing snow blended the lake with land and we couldn't tell the difference. The room had a spa tub and fireplace since it was our 20th wedding anniversity it was not a bad way to rough it.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Iraq/Vietnam: Some thoughts
These thoughts are from a combat Vietnam Veteran. There are some similarities between Vietnam and Iraq. In the jungle of Vietnam there was no clear battle front line, nor is there a clear battle line in Iraq. You don't know who the enemy is until you are attacked. The most important question in both wars,what is a win? What is America's expectation of a winning a war? America's involvement in Korea and Vietnam spilt those countries into two nations. We fought to compromise. In the World Wars there was clarity, there was a battle front and the claiming of territory was a win. In Iraq we now have to accept that just getting out is a win? We know that premature mission accomplished is not winning a war. America needs a clear statement of why and what is a win when going to war.
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