Prepositions

Prepositions or pre-positions? Either way, the choice of prepositions makes a world of difference when one speaks of the albatross of war or power or freedom or tyranny or terror or dreams.

A local Congressman, Rep. James Walsh, R-Onondaga, a former supporter of the war to and in and for and at Iraq, now calls for a change, saying,

"We've done enough. No country has done more than we have for Iraq. . . . I think we have given enough."

For?

For Iraq?

Does not an ocean of tears shed by Iraqis cry:

To !

To Iraq !

Pax vobiscum.

Albatrossian Weights & Measures

. . . which is not to say dreams or ideals or goals or possessions or passions themselves are inherently an albatross around one's neck. Not necessarily.

But . . .

"So much depends. . . " to quote Dr. William Carlos Williams.

Witness the Vietnam-Iraq-Antiterror-So-Called Democracy-Consumerist-Syndrome Albatross.

How much does that one weigh?

Eh?