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To: RMF who wrote (922709)

2/23/2016 12:31:51 AM

From: i-node

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I really don't see how the food stamp program has anything to do with what the Iraq War cost.

No, I wasn't meaning to suggest that. Only giving it for comparison purposes.

>> It seems Bush left an environment that was PERFECT for ISIS to flourish. He left the Shiites almost totally in control and they hated the Sunnis and were bound to treat them horribly, which they did.
I disagree. I think the consensus view is that had we maintained a troop presence ISIS would still not be a problem today. The problem, at the end of the day, was that Obama didn't understand what was at stake. I think there is little doubt he would like to have a do-over on it, and if he did we'd still have troops there today.

>> You let political bias prevent you from thinking objectively.
I'm sure all of us are guilty of that to an extent. As you are no doubt aware, I was a supporter of the Iraq War and I still believe it was better than maintaining the status quo ante.

But I do have a different attitude about wars, generally, from the one I had before these two wars.

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