On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Oh come off it Robert. >> Since when did that become a defined purpose? >> > > That was always a purpose of the Iraq War.
Stated where? The rhetoric before the invasion was to find and prevent the use of weapons of mass destruction, and eliminate a safe haven for Al-Qaeda. The agenda was to bring down Saddam Husein. Saddam, or at least one of his body doubles, was killed. No WMDs were found and even Bush admitted that. According to the commander of the U.S. forces in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, Al-Qaeda in Iraq is building strength and is now being run by disaffected Iraqis instead of foreigners, so it is even more entrenched than when US forces invaded. Establishing a democratic state seems to be an afterthought and not one that has been very well executed, something to use as a reason when the stated reasons failed. So, really? We won in Iraq? Damn strange definition of victory. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:330710 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
