On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is what I posted then, with the dates I said it. Haven't revised > my opinions very much. (edited for brevity, grammar, and to remove > irrelevant comments) > > 11/18/05 - I cannot in my wildest imagination imagine any scenario > where Iraq will be stablized. Regardless of when we leave, chaos is > going to erupt.
The surge was successful, if we stayed the coarse things could have worked out. Instead, we announced when we were leaving and it we are seeing the predictable results. > > 01/28/06 - The troops who are currently in Iraq aren't fighting for > your rights, they are waging an unnecessary war for the wrong reasons. > Nothing that happens there will make you any safer or any freer. > Nothing that happens there will prevent another terrorist attack on > the US. The best way to support those troops would be to bring them > home, and to make sure they are never again deployed by meglomaniacal, > greedy liars. There were no successful terrorist attacks against the US until Obama changed policy. > 05/25/06 - As for Iraq, it is a mess for sure. I suspect if we wait > for a stable government to replace Saddam, we may be there for many, > many years. I suspect the next president will find himself with many > of the same problems that Nixon did in trying to end the Vietnam war. > Impossible demands on all sides, and way too many people dying. > War's never pretty . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:371093 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
