Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
> 
>>Griping is a right of every soldier,
> 
> Thank God someone can understand this.

Every soldier includes more than the rank and file, as Paul Krugman has
alluded to. Read (through to) the last paragraph.

http://www.iht.com/articles/117243.html


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"Beyond the Euphrates began for us the land of mirage and danger, the
sands where one helplessly sank, and the roads which ended in nothing.
The slightest reversal would have resulted in a jolt to our prestige
giving rise to all kinds of catastrophe; the problem was not only to
conquer but to conquer again and again, perpetually; our forces would be
drained off in the attempt." - Emperor Hadrian AD 117-138