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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs

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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (13630)10/25/2006 11:18:14 AM
From: ILCUL8R  Read Replies (1) of 71588
 
All of this is a plausible scenario but I submit it is mostly crafted to strike fear in the hearts of people to motivate them to vote for Republicans. In other words, it is all just politically inspired opinion and not very honest opinion at that.

Read this book:

amazon.com

The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End by Peter W. Galbraith

My opinion is that bungling by Bush lost the Iraqi war almost from the beginning. But, my opinion remains that most of the liberal Democrats realize the gravity of the result and will not just "cut and run," rather they will help improve the quality of the dialog about what to do with our forces in the middle east. The result of this improved dialog might be that forces are withdrawn, or that they are focussed on other areas, or that they remain, or that more are brought in. But, these decisions will be made by a group less fenced in by having to defend their previous stupidity and arrogance.

Read the book Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror by Michael Scheuer .

My $0.02
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