THE bombs were raining down on the Al-Asad airbase in Iraq few days ago, evoking epochal memories across the ages.
TV reporters said it reminded them of the light show in Baghdad on March 20,2003. Political analysts opined it could begin another endless military adventure such as Afghanistan. There were even suggestion of the likelihood of regional contagion, drawing parallels with Archduke Ferdinand's assassination in 1914, which triggered World War One.
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