Welcome back to day 2 of the S&R Year in Review. Today we tackle some of 2007′s big moments in news and current events.
The Invasion and Occupation of Iraq Surpasses the American Civil War in Duration: The United States’ involvement in World War I lasted only 19 months and World War II lasted 44 months for the United States, even though the war itself was nearly six years long. The occupation of Iraq (aka the Iraq War) outlasted World War II in November of 2006, making the duration of U.S. involvement in Iraq the third longest foreign occupation in U.S. history. The American Civil War lasted 48 months, and the Iraq occupation surpassed that duration on March 20, 2007. This makes the Iraq occupation the third longest running period of continuous conflict in U.S. history, behind only the Vietnam War and its sister conflict in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Full story »
Welcome to S&R’s year in review. Over the next few days we’ll be taking a look back at the year past, the ridiculous and the sublime, the famous and infamous. We begin the series with a couple of carols that you and your family can sing by the fire today.
Dreaming of a White Christmas in Northern Neck Regional Jail in Warsaw, Virginia
For Michael Vick
(to the tune of “White Christmas”)
I’m screaming at a white, pit bull
Each time he backs away in fear
It’s a thing I’m dreading
‘Cause I’ll be betting
My pride, money, and career
I’m screaming at a white, pit bull
It seems he doesn’t want to bite
So I’ll hang, drown, or fry him, in sight
Of the other dogs so that they’ll fight Full story »
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