This opinion piece on the Iraq war finds an analogy in mythology.

Agamemnon's dream came after nine years of the Trojan War. Did September 11, coming 11 years after the first Gulf War and the failure to go on to Baghdad, give George W Bush the false dream that he could at last finish the business? Mr. Bush is the commander-in-chief. Did he, believing himself inspired by what he calls, to Bob Woodward, his 'higher father', lead his people to disaster? And has young Blair, like Nestor, accepted where he should have doubted, and thrown in his own people's lot with the deluded king?

No, the author decides. But good use of "historical" analogy!  ¶ 9:25 PM