Quote of the Day

Former Australian Army chief Peter Leahy, as quoted by Michael Gerson in a column for The Washington Post:

(We are in) the early stages of a war which is likely to last for the rest of the century. We must be ready to protect ourselves and, where necessary, act preemptively to neutralize the evident threat. Get ready for a long war.

COTTonLINE first wrote of The Long War seven years ago tomorrow, on the eve of the anniversary of 9/11. Spengler says it will turn out to be another Thirty Years War, Leahy triples Spengler's estimate.