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2005-10-18 Iraq

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Posted by Steve 2005-10-18 09:32|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I see my mustache-curse is taking effect. A little slower than I had hoped...

Posted by eLarson 2005-10-18 09:50|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2005-10-18 09:50|| Front Page Top

#2 "I'm a looser baby, so why don't you kill me," - Al Qaeda.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-10-18 10:53|| 2005-10-18 10:53|| Front Page Top

#3 This insurgency has been dead for a long time now, it just doesn't know it. Not only have they been long ineffectual in the field, but their strategy and tactics are pathetic.

Their swan song was Fallujah, and even that was nothing more than a trap. By itself, it concentrated their resources for destruction, and perhaps shortened the insurgency by two years.

But even before Fallujah, Iraq was long used as a honey pot to attract capable violent militants from around the world, to fight a well armed and well trained army instead of civilians and ill-equipped policemen. Every one killed saved perhaps a dozen innocent lives, by annihilating the cream of the crop of fanatical killers from a dozen countries.

In addition, it short-circuited the brimming explosion of the middle east, and threatened every dictator and prince in the region. Instead of chaos that could have engulfed millions, millions are instead engulfed by democracy and freedom.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-10-18 12:08|| 2005-10-18 12:08|| Front Page Top

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