November 19, 2003
The Commissar reminisces about war as defined by the soviets:
Da, Comrade, Great Patriotic War. That was war. Commissar not understand Americans. Are they at war? Did enemies kill 3,000 citizens in one morning? How does America want to win war? Sit around campfire, on Peace Rug, sing Kumbaya? In Great Patriotic War, Soviet Union lost 20 million in four years of war. 5 million a year. 400,000 a month. 13,000 per day. 500 per hour. Comrades, by this scale, America has been at war in Iraq for about one hour. Now you talk "exit strategy?"
He does have a point.
By the way, in order to avoid even the appearance of any conflict of interest, I must disclose that I have received two awards from The Commissar (despite my Tzarist rank):
| On October 26, 2003, I was awarded the Gold Star of a Hero of Socialist Labor. |  |
| Then on October 31, 2003, I was awarded the Order of the October Revolution. |  |
