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2015-08-06 Home Front: WoT

To Defeat Iran Deal, Republicans Must Admit to Mistakes in Iraq

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-08-06 02:34|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Right now we have ISIS, which is worse than Saddam Hussein.

Maybe because its core is made up of old Hussein employees. Had we initiated action to take out staging areas and personnel in Syria and Iran that funneled men and equipment into the fight the belligerents today won't be so belligerent.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-08-06 10:16|| 2015-08-06 10:16|| Front Page Top

#2 If one spends the time to return to 2008 and read the news reports, economic and social life in Iraq was a work in progress, and optimism abounded. Politics was a mess, but progress was being made. As Bush prepared to leave office Iraq was by most accounts a success story, and the US presence promised stability for years to come. One wonders what would have become of South Korea had we left in 1956, and West Germany in 1951?

Posted by Clomp Omagum5939 2015-08-06 10:48|| 2015-08-06 10:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Iran's regional hegemony began with the Bush administration

Really? I thought the beginning was Clinton allowing Iran to airlift arms to the Muslims in Bosnia.

Posted by Skidmark 2015-08-06 14:55|| 2015-08-06 14:55|| Front Page Top

#4 It's David Goldman. Enough said.

Posted by Pappy 2015-08-06 18:45|| 2015-08-06 18:45|| Front Page Top

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