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gulliver

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6. Good stuff as long as we're talking about Republicans, who really are to blame in this case

Reply to sanatanadharma (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 15, 2023, 02:50 PM

Oct 2023

Utopian fantasy is tempting (and epidemic now) and doesn't, as you say, take into account the "cue ball and break" unpredictability you mention.

I like your post, but it wasn't clear in the sense that it doesn't stress the fact Republicans (Bush/Cheney, et al) are to blame for the Iraq War. The rest is basically noise, and noise should be attenuated as much as possible if we are to learn a solid moral and practical geopolitical lesson.

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Is Dubya one of the two political fathers of ISIS/Hamas? (The other being Bin Laden) [View all] gulliver Oct 2023 OP

I am going to assume the Shia majority Iraqi's are happy not to have the Sunni.. EX500rider Oct 2023 #1

I'm going to assume everyone would be happier now...if we're doing assumptions gulliver Oct 2023 #2

I assume anyone who thinks they can create a new-american century, can't be trusted ... sanatanadharma Oct 2023 #3

Well said AloeVera Oct 2023 #5

Good stuff as long as we're talking about Republicans, who really are to blame in this case gulliver Oct 2023 #6

De aquerdo, totalmente sanatanadharma Oct 2023 #10

certainly has bolstered the Iranian theocracy stopdiggin Oct 2023 #4

I think Cheney had more to do with Iraq than Dubya dclarston13 Oct 2023 #7

Hamas was around prior to Dubya. 1987, according to Wikipedia. haele Oct 2023 #8

Sure, but I think that might be a distinction without a difference gulliver Oct 2023 #9

Yes and DEFINITELY no. WarGamer Oct 2023 #11