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Sri Lanky wrote:I give it a month before Iraq roils towards an Iran-like regime.
Sri Lanky wrote:Lefties want America to fail? THEY HAVE FAILED ALREADY.
RYP wrote:Failure...something that needs a Goal to judge... I think America didn't fail...it wasn't like we all jumped up and signed a petition to invade Iraq...
We were told not too long after 9/11 that we better hurry up and attack Iraq or they were going to attack us. We were shown proof:reports, powerpoint, pictures, tape recordings, testimony and other "facts". Then the government tried to convince the UN, Europe and other nations to join in and kick Saddam's ass.
The average American felt that things didnt quite make sense but if our CIA and military and government says we better do it....who are we to second guess them and urge caution. There were protests around the world.
So Bush failed to convince or prove that Iraq was a threat. Our first failure.
They then proceeded. People realized that they had been bamboozled. that the military build up had been authorized before Bush ever made his case to the public. We rolled through Iraq like a empty parking lot. The army deserted, we stopped in Baghada. We failed to win the war because we did not get a surrender.
Then failures began to multiply
We failed to secure the country. It was looted and destoryed
We failed to find WMD's. We were scammed
We failed to create a post war plan
We failed to accomplish the mission.
We were successful in securing the oil fields but we failed to generate enough oil to pay for the reconstruction
We failed to fully restore services
We failed to create enough jobs
We failed in putting down revolts
We failed in winning the hearts and minds
We succeeded in killing Saddams sons and capturing him.
We failed in creating a democracy. It appears we have a group of CIA funded puppets were left with our hastily assembled laws. We failed to restore security and order, We failed to make Iraq safe, we failed to safeguard contractors, civilians and military..
I could go on...
Check out tommorrows GAO report on Iraq...its quite depressing..
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