You know, I just realized that our military involvement in Iraq has gone on longer than our military involvement in World War II. We entered World War II on December 7, 1941 and accepted the unconditional surrender of the Japanese on September 9, 1945 so the United States’ involvement lasted three years and nine months. We invaded Iraq on March 20, 2003 and our military operations are ongoing, we’ve been actively involved in Iraq for about three years and eleven months at this point.

For some reason, I don’t think people are going to call us the “greatest generation” because of this.