The sport of boxing and our U.S. foreign policy, in our third year of an Iraq war, have a lot in common. The idea in boxing is to win the match against your opponent, while hopefully suffering as little damage to oneself as possible. Our current Foreign policy works much the same way and as in boxing, there are many ways to win and lose. In boxing you can win a match by knocking your opponent out, beating them until they are unable or unwilling to continue (technical knock-out or TKO), or by a majority decision of the judges.

The first gulf war, contrary to popular opinion, was not a knock-out victory. It was a draw in my opinion. In August of 1990, the ring for the match was set up. Saddam invaded Kuwait and President Bush Sr. declared the invasion will not stand. Up thru mid-January both opponents spent time digging in and fortifying positions. Beginning January 17th 1991, with an Apache air strike, the U.S. pummeled Iraqi forces until March 3rd of the same year when Saddam