Optional Wars Author:George P Unger This is a well planned and thought out current events works, highlighting our Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, and comparing them to our failed mission in Viet-Nam. It succinctly exposes various subjects[see table of contents], that have been ignored by both our government, and our press, subjects that ultimately will decide if we are to be victori... more »ous or not.Cultural differences and "winning the hearts and minds", are essential in a guerilla war, mostly absent, currently.In a straightforward, common sense approach, this Veteran and Political Science Major, valiently defends his Marines[and other American Forces], who once again are thrown into foreign involvements without sufficient personal protection or sufficient manpower to effectively overwhelm a horrific enemy, one that rest assuredly we will engage in, down the road on a much larger scale."NEVER AGAIN" has become "ONCE AGAIN" and as Colin Powell stated, once entering Iraq, we own it [it's problems].« less