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Originally Posted by eboos  The would be the exact wrong thing to do. We would gain plenty from the entire situation if the American people did not desire a TV dinner victory. Creating stability over there is not going to happen overnight and you can not expect Iraq to be the new tourist destination in just 5 years after living under a genosidal dictator.
What has been gained by all of the years of sitting back and doing nothing? Our enemies have a 40+ year head start on destabilizing the area, sorry Bush couldn't fix it in the time frame that you expected. |
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The problem is the government led the masses to believe it was going to be a "TV dinner victory"
Hell the first Gulf War was sucessful in the eyes of the American People BECAUSE it was so short and had less Casualties.
War is Hell boys. It isn't won overnight.