And so it begins

 

Peter Hartcher from The Age has this uncanny ability to say it as it is.. "No one doubted America's ability to unleash hell. The question is how it handles what comes next". I am too young to remember Vietnam, let alone all the later wars in the Middle East. While one can take a simple view of who's right and who's wrong, it is in reality, like most things in life, rather complicated, isn't it? This is exemplified when my 10-year-old daughter asked me a simple, poignant question – why and what's happening?

It is often said that history is wrriten by the victors. No doubt that is true - who is to bat for the ones who's defeated? The summary on Kiddle is probably what I will use as a resource to talk to her about it.