“The real war will never get in the books.”– Walt Whitman Related Quotes “The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead.”– John le Carre “There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.”– George McGovern “They have called Operation Iraqi Freedom a war of choice that isn’t part of the real war on terror. Someone should tell that to al Qaeda.”– John Boehner