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To: Joe NYC who wrote (413869)	9/4/2008 11:03:40 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576881

Joe The war in Iraq, while poorly executed, is a strategic success. For the first time, tonight, I've heard a nationally recognized politician with the guts to point this out (I'm referring to Lindsay Graham, in his speech). We very nearly have a stable Iraq in the center of the Mideast that provides a democratic government where various sects can live together in peace -- something the Left said couldn't be done. This MUST have a positive effect. These people, the Iraqis, have turned away AQ -- after AQ took up residence in large numbers there, they were killed, captured, and eventually run out on a rail -- due in no small part to the efforts of IRAQIS. This is a huge defeat for AQ and one that the Bush administration envisioned years ago.

To: Joe NYC who wrote (413869)	9/5/2008 6:59:27 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576881

While I agree on the issue of invading Iraq, but if you look at AQ, they probably lost more members, volunteers, organizers and reputation in Iraq (and because of Iraq) than in Afghanistan - but at enormous cost to the US. They did lose some reputation and respect... but Iraq made them stronger overall. And it also changed the ME political balance, not for the better. As you say "at enormous cost to the US". Bottom line is that Americans have always had more to fear from each other than from AQ. We do more damage to each other every week than AQ did with their one successful strike.