Brief History Lesson for Chickendove by Jules Crittenden

MSNBC’s Olbermann thinks Iraq is the “most disastrous geopolitical tactic since Austro-Hungary attacked Serbia in 1914 and destroyed itself in the process.” With a good Kraut name like Olbermann, you’d think he’d know better.  

Somebody needs to tell Olbermann about World War II, European and Asian-Pacific theaters. Hard to know where to start with that one. Germany’s bloody and tragic overreach starting in 1939, or Japan’s going back to 1931?  Germany’s 1941 invasion of Russia has to be near the top of anyone’s list, if you want to narrow it down to a single campaign. How about the pair of them, Germany and Japan, forcing the United States into the war. Then there’s the Holocaust.  Very disastrous geopolitical tactic that Germany is paying for, in cash and shame, to this day.  On the Allies’ side, the betrayal of eastern Europe at Yalta and the initiation of 45 years of Cold War with periodic hot flashes wasn’t exactly a stellar moment. That was in large measure a certain sainted Democrat’s doing, so Olb can be forgiven for overlooking that one.  

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