Good giref...the windmills you tilt at....
Put simply...if we hadn't gone into Iraq we there would over 2,800 American troops still alive today as well as tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens. And, we'd have hundreds of billions of dollars still in our national treasury. And, just perhaps we might have finished the job in Afghanistan and have caught OBL by now. More importantly we would have retained our international credibility and influence to achieve our nations diplomatic objectives.
Just perhaps, we might have been able to invest our diplomatic influence into making a difference in the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. The road to peace in the Middle East has always gone through Jerusalem and not Baghdad. Forgetting that fact has been one of the largest foreign policy failures of the Bush administration.
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Confounding reality
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- In a suprise turn of events, the Republicans will keep the same majorities they now hold.
- Pretty good. Now try this.
- A fairly cogent analysis.