Don't you know there's a war on?

Laurence W. Britt of Rochester's City newspaper noted the passing of an interesting date that almost no-one seemed to have noticed: Thursday, June 9 marked 1,365 days since September 11, 2001 -- supposedly the effective date of the start of the War on Terror. And, as he notes, "It was 1,365 days between the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) and final victory over the Axis powers in World War II (September 2, 1945)."

Hard as it seems to believe, as much time had elapsed between America's entry to WWII and final victory, as has now elapsed between 9-11-01 and the present (and, yes, we know the US was two-and-a-half years late, but we'll let that pass for the moment). Yet, as we all know, the contrast between the early 1940s and the early 2000's couldn't be more stark. But if you're interested, Britt recounts them here. Not surprisingly, our effort now is pretty lame compared to WWII.