In terms of the idea of long-term occupation - I have been reading a little bit more about this period - and you can see in that occupation are many lessons for the current occupation of Iraq. So we have these connections that go way back that people aren't aware of.
“Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing.”
“War seems to come out of nowhere, like rust that suddenly pops up on iron after a storm.”