Hearts and minds, remember?

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Hearts and minds, remember?

Mary Anne — 12/3/2006 2:04:15 AM (archived)

You're going back to World War II as your model. We were not so interested in empire then. The causes of the war go far to explain the outcome, as do the nature of the adversaries.

Rebuilding a defeated foe is different from reconstructing a nation we broke because we Knew Better than everyone else.

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The US troops should leave Iraq now...why? - Raoul - 11/30/2006 10:02:35 PM
- re: The US troops should leave Iraq now...why? - gbaikie - 12/1/2006 9:17:49 PM
  - Europe - REB - 12/1/2006 9:35:05 PM
    - re: LOL LOL LOL ahh conspiracy theories abound! (n/t) - Raoul - 12/1/2006 10:22:08 PM
      - Al-Andalus - REB - 12/1/2006 10:50:14 PM
        
        Good map of Al-Andalus - REB - 12/5/2006 7:12:04 PM
        
        I think the USA should encourage Islamic take-over of Europe. - Scott Evil - 12/1/2006 11:53:50 PM
      - Do I smell burning cars in France? (n/t) - REB - 12/1/2006 10:45:34 PM
        
        re: Not so far...not like last year... (n/t) - Raoul - 12/1/2006 11:24:14 PM
- re: By the way, if what you say is true...That there won't be a civil war... - Scott Evil - 12/1/2006 2:47:53 PM
- I have an 8th and better reason. - Scott Evil - 12/1/2006 2:33:20 PM
  - And so we will have traded one set of brutes for another. - Mary Anne - 12/1/2006 3:42:11 PM
    - Have you noticed... - TB - 12/1/2006 5:15:17 PM
      - You think so? - Mary Anne - 12/2/2006 12:43:17 AM
      - I think tht was the entire point - Yeti - 12/1/2006 6:00:33 PM
        
        The point I've been trying to make for weeks... - TB - 12/1/2006 9:22:33 PM
      - re: Have you noticed... - REB - 12/1/2006 5:56:26 PM
        
        And Afghanistan is a far tougher arena to fight in. - Lee - 12/2/2006 5:44:53 AM
        
        re: And Afghanistan is a far tougher arena to fight in. - REB - 12/5/2006 7:25:03 PM
    - Don't worry, the oil will run out soon. The Middle East will sink into oblivion. - Scott Evil - 12/1/2006 5:10:13 PM
      - Water is the next war. - Mary Anne - 12/2/2006 12:11:56 AM
        
        So the Arabs really are screwed. - Lee - 12/2/2006 5:40:24 AM
        
        And who will care? - Scott Evil - 12/5/2006 6:54:07 PM
    - Nice Justification For Staying - ID - 12/1/2006 4:22:28 PM
      - I believe Thomas Friedman is correct. - Mary Anne - 12/2/2006 12:10:31 AM
        
        It took seven years before we gave Japan back to its people. - TB - 12/2/2006 7:06:38 AM
        
        And the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, didn't they? - Mary Anne - 12/2/2006 7:44:30 PM
        
        What's that got to do with it? - TB - 12/3/2006 1:39:07 AM
        
        Hearts and minds, remember? - Mary Anne - 12/3/2006 2:04:15 AM
        
        re: Hearts and minds, remember? - gbaikie - 12/3/2006 5:19:08 AM
- So France Can Renew It's Oil Contracts? - ID - 12/1/2006 3:50:39 AM
  - re: Civil war - Raoul - 12/1/2006 6:53:49 AM
    - Talk About Absurd - ID - 12/1/2006 2:10:20 PM
      - re: Talk About really Absurd - Raoul - 12/1/2006 6:52:40 PM
        
        Yes, Absurd - REB - 12/1/2006 10:00:00 PM
        
        re: Not related - Raoul - 12/1/2006 10:25:55 PM
        
        Not related? LOL - REB - 12/1/2006 10:44:46 PM
        
        re: LOL LOL - Raoul - 12/2/2006 12:25:18 AM
        
        Do You Win Court Cases With Arguements Like That? - ID - 12/2/2006 2:32:00 AM

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