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To: michael97123 who wrote (145059)9/8/2004 10:38:50 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
The important thing about recent turmoil is that it did not spread throughout the country; that it mostly wound down; and that Iraqi forces participated in some force in operations against insurgents. This means, to me, that the bulk of the country wants to make a go of normalization, and has a shot at doing it. The key here is infiltration. With better intelligence, special ops should carry the brunt of the work in breaking the back of insurgency. A lot has depended on the pace of training of Iraqi forces, which was retarded by the chaos on the ground.



To: michael97123 who wrote (145059)9/8/2004 11:13:39 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
After the war folks said its only a month, then only 3 months, then only a year and so on.

Not really. Maybe a few did, but not the majority of the supporters of the war and not Bush (or Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, or Rice).

Tim


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