Yes...

RL — 11/18/2015 12:30:06 AM (archived)

Al qaida in Iraq would never have existed were it not for the invasion...

The invasion leading rise in extremism was obvious to many... but they were just 'asshats' and 'buttmonkies' to you... Hell, in 2003 it was obvious even to the ONION:
http://www.theonion.com/multiblogpost/this-war-will-destabilize-the-entire-mideast-regio-11534

Notice how the article reads like some of the discussions taking place here in 2003 on the HZ ?

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Really? (edited) - SDAI-Tech - 11/14/2015 5:41:48 AM
- oh dear gawd - mcfly - 11/19/2015 3:37:39 PM
- Comments - podrock - 11/19/2015 4:42:21 AM
  - I do a lot of editing. - TB - 11/19/2015 5:12:24 AM
    - My policy of post post-editing is based a lot on your practice - Robert - 11/20/2015 2:21:49 AM
    - Yup. - podrock - 11/19/2015 6:16:09 AM
      - PS - podrock - 11/19/2015 6:34:14 AM
- LMAO@U Robert - SDAI-Tech - 11/18/2015 5:22:05 AM
  - Bad cricket, Tech. NewSpeak, don't you think? - podrock - 11/19/2015 5:00:22 AM
- The original showed him to be a vile excuse for a human being... - RL - 11/17/2015 11:16:55 PM
  - Not sure how this was news for anyone - Tony - 11/18/2015 10:50:38 PM
  - Well, RL...as I see it... Some Liberals just don't get satire.n/t - Jody - 11/18/2015 1:53:31 AM
    - Oh, I get it... - RL - 11/18/2015 2:02:47 AM
- Yeah, techie... no one will notice your total rewriting of your original post... - RL - 11/17/2015 10:34:47 PM
  - I did. - Robert - 11/17/2015 10:57:06 PM
- I tend to agree with Michael Dill - johannes - 11/17/2015 1:24:43 AM
  - Peace is a two way street. This is more of a dead end. - RobVG - 11/17/2015 6:36:14 PM
    - True, it takes understanding and compromise. - johannes - 11/18/2015 12:06:34 AM
- You guys still engage this idiot? - Tony - 11/16/2015 4:28:37 PM
  - Engagement is work. Snark is easy. - TB - 11/16/2015 6:08:04 PM
    - Engaging someone not even on same plane is a waste of time - Tony - 11/17/2015 6:27:35 PM
- Can't resist. - bowser - 11/15/2015 3:17:50 AM
- Really - podrock - 11/14/2015 11:40:15 PM
- How nice that you two feel this has worked out so well... - RL - 11/14/2015 4:19:22 PM
  - It has to be America's problem - mcfly - 11/15/2015 5:16:11 PM
    - And the last time we listened to those "alarm bells" and their call to war in Iraq... - RL - 11/15/2015 6:22:43 PM
      - "It created ISIS" - TB - 11/15/2015 9:59:09 PM
        
        Nice try - RL - 11/16/2015 12:02:00 AM
        
        "Bush did it." - TB - 11/16/2015 5:43:28 PM
        
        Yes... - RL - 11/18/2015 12:30:06 AM
        
        Still wrong. But keep repeating it. - TB - 11/18/2015 1:18:46 AM
        
        The enemy of my enemy blah blah blah - mcfly - 11/18/2015 7:25:24 PM
        
        Not a lot of "regional leaders" left now. - TB - 11/19/2015 12:13:55 AM
        
        I did address that, you just don't want to hear - mcfly - 11/19/2015 2:23:51 AM
        
        I know what the Middle East looked like in January of 2009. - TB - 11/19/2015 5:06:16 AM
        
        Yeah, you're right... - mcfly - 11/19/2015 5:44:15 AM
        
        That last paragraph? - TB - 11/19/2015 7:22:17 PM
        
        Can hear the replies already - mcfly - 11/18/2015 9:02:48 PM
        
        Cripes, there is no limit to how far you will go... - RL - 11/18/2015 1:53:07 AM
        
        Ting. Ting. Ting. - TB - 11/18/2015 3:48:39 AM
        
        Al Qaeda in Iraq didn't exist until ~2004 - RL - 11/18/2015 11:01:44 PM
      - That is definitely one answer. - Jody - 11/15/2015 6:24:58 PM
    - LMAO! Well alrighty then. n/t - Jody - 11/15/2015 6:12:01 PM
      - I apologize mcfly. - Jody - 11/15/2015 6:22:43 PM
        
        It's ok - mcfly - 11/15/2015 10:14:28 PM
        
        Be still my beating heart! - Jody - 11/15/2015 11:48:45 PM
        
        If you have less than nothing to say... - RL - 11/16/2015 12:21:59 AM
        
        I enjoy your company RL. - Jody - 11/16/2015 1:49:13 AM
        
        Well, in all honesty... - mcfly - 11/16/2015 12:34:58 AM
        
        I was uncomfortable saying that to you. - Jody - 11/16/2015 1:55:00 AM
        
        I wish I could say it was surprising - mcfly - 11/16/2015 12:12:44 AM
  - Nobody is "celebrating." Those are alarm bells. - TB - 11/15/2015 4:06:38 AM
- Well, all I know is my *Right Wing Nut Job Christian Conservative* brother warned of this happening. - Jody - 11/14/2015 4:11:17 PM
  - So did Obama... - RL - 11/14/2015 4:38:54 PM
    - True. - Jody - 11/14/2015 4:43:35 PM
- It's all good, Obama has contained them. - RobVG - 11/14/2015 6:17:17 AM
  - It may be the most memorable line of his Presidency - SDAI-Tech - 11/14/2015 9:19:33 AM
  - Seriously? - RL - 11/14/2015 6:25:43 AM
    - What's to analyze? - RobVG - 11/14/2015 5:30:47 PM
    - Anger at a heinous crime takes on many forms. We all deal with it differently. - Jody - 11/14/2015 4:02:15 PM
      - I guess we do... - mcfly - 11/14/2015 8:58:18 PM
        
        You wasted those words if it was meant for me Mcfly.n/t - Jody - 11/15/2015 12:51:28 AM
        
        Please note: - TB - 11/14/2015 9:49:02 PM
        
        Everyone in Europe is watching this video... - SDAI-Tech - 11/17/2015 8:02:11 AM
        
        Political hay - mcfly - 11/14/2015 11:20:38 PM

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