Costly Withdrawal Is the Price To Be Paid - Martin van Creveld

Costly Withdrawal Is the Price To Be Paid for a Foolish War

"Maintaining an American security presence in the region, not to mention withdrawing forces from Iraq, will involve many complicated problems, military as well as political. Such an endeavor, one would hope, will be handled by a team different from - and more competent than - the one presently in charge of the White House and Pentagon.

For misleading the American people, and launching the most foolish war since Emperor Augustus in 9 B.C sent his legions into Germany and lost them, Bush deserves to be impeached and, once he has been removed from office, put on trial along with the rest of the president's men. If convicted, they'll have plenty of time to mull over their sins."

Martin van Creveld, a professor of military history at the Hebrew University, is author of 'Transformation of War' (Free Press, 1991). He is the only non-American author on the U.S. Army's required reading list for officers.