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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: ManyMoose who wrote (63764)5/6/2008 6:38:31 PM
From: KonKilo  Read Replies (1) of 542239
 
It's hard to tell them apart because they are more similar to each other than they are to us, since we are now diverse.

I might say the same thing for them. Why should they trust us when we proved in Nam and a lot of people are trying to prove again in Iraq is that we can't be trusted to follow through?

If we pull out of Iraq, we'll never be able to get allies to commit again.

Might it be wise to avoid conflicts where we can't tell friend from foe?

As for reasons to fight, clearly the domino theory did not come to pass in SE Asia, and there were no WMD in Iraq.

At what point can we accurately call both conflicts mistakes?
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