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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Neocon who wrote (16778)9/17/2001 11:51:55 AM
From: DMaA  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 59480
 
We probably stopped short out of fear of creating martyrs. Now we have to fight anyone who would have mourned and been energized by the death of these evil ones anyway. Looking back it was a terrible mistake.

No one doubts we could have marched on Baghdad and conquered it, either, we were constrained by coalition politics and the fear that the public would not put up with a long term occupation.



To: Neocon who wrote (16778)9/17/2001 12:49:10 PM
From: Tom Clarke  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 59480
 
we were constrained by coalition politics

We were constrained by a United Nations resolution. If we are to pursue this all the way, we can't recognize the legitimacy of these resolutions.