Sad Wisdom from Philip Larkin on Iraq

One more thought on the official conclusion to the War in Iraq. As it happens, I am reading Philip Larkin's Collected Poems (edited by Anthony Twaite.) While riding back home on the T, after I had written my lament about Iraq, I read this poem which I have read previously but seemed especially germane under the circumstances.

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