LOL! That 'democratic government' will last for about 15 minutes after we leave!

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z — 7/7/2009 12:30:04 PM (archived)

and within a few years there will be a new Saddam in place...because brutal repression is the only means by which that country will stay together in one piece. We should have thought about that before charging in there...

This misadventure in Iraq has probably been the single greatest disaster for US interests in the world since the Vietam War. Bush took all the goodwill we had in the international community after Sep. 11 and completely squandered it, and actually made America the most hated country in the world. Or more accurately, the most hated national government in the world. A big part of Obama's challenge in the next 8 years will be repairing all the damage.

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I remember reading "USA has already lost in Iraq" many times. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 7/3/2009 2:55:09 PM
- Somebody did win in Iraq. - ER - 7/10/2009 1:22:00 PM
  - Monday morning - TB - 7/11/2009 7:55:15 PM
    - The world is safer with Cheney gone. And was safer with Saddam in place. - Bowser - 7/11/2009 9:34:22 PM
      - So the Busheviki didn't just lie to us, but to their own people, too. - ER - 7/11/2009 10:35:43 PM
    - re: Monday morning - ER - 7/11/2009 9:08:50 PM
- By what standards has it been "won"? - Bowser - 7/3/2009 4:59:02 PM
  - By military standards it has been won - Buck Galaxy - 7/7/2009 5:59:00 AM
    - By military standards it lasted 2 months. Consider an auction. - Bowser - 7/7/2009 6:23:54 AM
      - The military's job isn't to make a profit - Buck Galaxy - 7/8/2009 4:25:42 AM
        
        Some missions aren't worth the cost. "Winning" some auctions is foolish. (n/t) - Bowser - 7/8/2009 8:22:07 AM
  - Because Saddam is dead and the democratic government is in power. - David F Mayer - 7/6/2009 10:42:54 PM
    - LOL! That 'democratic government' will last for about 15 minutes after we leave! - z - 7/7/2009 12:30:04 PM
      - "most hated country in the world" - TB - 7/7/2009 2:05:52 PM
        
        you say that with confidence. Who IS then? (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 7/7/2009 6:38:53 PM
        
        re: Who IS then? - TB - 7/8/2009 12:54:11 AM
        
        Damning with feint praise - Robert - 7/8/2009 11:24:12 PM
        
        re: Who IS then? - Doug Ellison - 7/8/2009 8:00:54 AM
        
        Links - TB - 7/9/2009 7:23:26 PM
        
        re: Links - Doug Ellison - 7/10/2009 2:56:46 PM
        
        re: Links - TB - 7/11/2009 1:34:10 AM
        
        re: Links - Doug Ellison - 7/13/2009 6:48:05 AM
      - For the sake of your hero, you'd better hope not. (n/t) - TB - 7/7/2009 1:57:22 PM
  - I think you called it Bowz.... - Lindy - 7/4/2009 12:22:23 AM

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