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Originally Posted by Noibn
I don;t read any of the outlets you cited and I know (and you know) that the invasion was unnecessary and built on lies and promises that anyone paying attention could see were lies.
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I don't agree. The invasion was foolish - wrong target and distracted us from Afghanistan. I've never supported it, as you know.
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I don't go in for the whole "lies" thing, that is mindless partisan bullshit - and you know it.
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I know (and you know) that the occupation was without planning, without learning the history, culture and players in the country, was without enough troops, and has been one constant FUBAR since 4/9/03 when Baghdad fell.
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Yep
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I know (and you know) that our little USD 75 bn project has helped Iran become the big dog in the region because we eliminated its Saddam counterweight. (We could use Syria as a counterweight but the idiots @ 1600 are apparently too stupidly ideological to see it)
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Yep.
I was saying the same thing to Creepy-Crowley the other day. Reagan pitted Iran and Iraq against each other, which kept them tied up. Dubya fucked that up royaly.
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You also know that 40% (or more) of the dollar cost has been off the books, that the Iraqi gummint (and Army) is about as effective and honest as the revolving door S Viet gummints (and ARVN) were in their day.
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Yep - and devaluation of US currency is the method being used to finance the whole thing.
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manly will use his pithy little insults and smears because there ain;t no intelligence defense of this Admin;s Iraq policy. None.
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Yeah, because I'm so big on defending Bush.
N'stuff.