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To: LindyBill who wrote (618800)12/16/2016 8:32:55 AM
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In 2003 I thought that we will "turn" most of Saddam's military and state structures -- hire them and make them work for us. Instead, GWB pushed for "democracy" - which to the Shia majority was nothing more than an opportunity to take power - and to scatter and oppress the Sunnis. Iran was handed what was a de facto victory in the old 1980's war. The world was handed a bunch of radicalized, often displaced, angry Sunnis.

Libyan campaign was an absurdity. The entire strategy of embracing the "Arab Spring" was an absurdity. All it did was help set the stage for endless wars. With Iran's nukes on track, it may be that we ain't seen nothing yet.

Putin didn't outmaneuver us in Syria. We did it to ourselves.
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