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Old 03-28-2008, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by StormanNorman View Post
Well, what I was getting at, EF, is this....I've heard several people say that...."better there than here." But, is that really the way we should look at it? The way I see it...we took our quarrel with Al Qaeda to their backyard...a quarrel they had nothing to do with them. And they are the ones who are paying for it....dearly, I might add. I'm not so sure that I would be boasting "better there than here."
I think that is the only sentiment war supporters have left. It has been such a collosal failure, they are grasping at straws to make it appear to have been worthwhile.

It certainly is an ignoble expression of pure self interest.
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