What Would Alcibiades Do?

The LA Times had the following commentary on Sept. 23. In brief it compares the actions of the Athenians during the Peloponnesian War to our conduct of the Iraq War, specifically she discusses the Sicilian Expedition.

I just want to note that I will write something more substantive on this in the days to come, but suffice it to say, out of context historical analogies can be carried too far by either side. Some of the readers' comments relfect this. Stay tuned...