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sabrina 1

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17. All are a shambles, with so many lives lost, violence escalating every day, nothing accomplished
Wed Sep 4, 2013, 12:35 PM
Sep 2013

for the 'victims' we claimed to be going there to protect.

Iraq, eg, millions of Iraqis are living as refugees in Syria (now they have had to move again as they came under attack by the 'rebels') and Jordan, which was far less accepting of them than Syria.

The Taliban are alive and well in Afghanistan so I forget why we even went there in the first place, there have been rapes of young Afghan women, bombings of wedding parties. so much loss of life, poor Afghan children being sold by their parents in order to protect them from starvation.

In Iraq they now have Al Queda, driving the Kurds out of Syria, fighting for the 'Syrian Rebels'. Christians and other ethnic groups, protected under Saddam's regime, are no longer safe and most have fled.

Babies are being born deformed, from our use of White Phosphorous. We don't seem to be interested in helping any of the innocent victims we claimed to care so much about.

Anyone who thinks any of this was ever about 'innocent victims' must still believe in the tooth fairy.

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Well, somebody's made 3 to 7 trillion dollars... grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #1
We democracied the shit out of them. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #2
And its going "Swimmingly" warrant46 Sep 2013 #15
Funny you should ask pscot Sep 2013 #3
Here we go: Harmony Blue Sep 2013 #4
Iraq Violence Kills 14 as Al-Qaida Claims Attacks joeybee12 Sep 2013 #5
Just give it time. Some war hawk imperialists will be along shortly Catherina Sep 2013 #6
DIdn't they greet Cheney and Rumsfeld as liberators?? malaise Sep 2013 #22
Garlands of flowers waiting for us I tell ya Catherina Sep 2013 #24
Iraq is worse off than under Saddam.... HooptieWagon Sep 2013 #7
Uh-oh. Do they need some SaveTheChildren™ missiles? leftstreet Sep 2013 #8
What IS going on in Libya? Bradical79 Sep 2013 #9
This was posted here yesterday by jakeXT. polly7 Sep 2013 #10
"Success" is measured by the intended goal. HooptieWagon Sep 2013 #13
I think it was 'mission accomplished'. Libya is now polly7 Sep 2013 #14
Anarchy. HooptieWagon Sep 2013 #11
We're liberals. These countries have problems. Bring back the dictators. pampango Sep 2013 #12
Nice post LearningCurve Sep 2013 #19
According to the MIC Hutzpa Sep 2013 #16
All are a shambles, with so many lives lost, violence escalating every day, nothing accomplished sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #17
How about are we better off since we invaded those countries? avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #18
when Britain was at the zenith of their imperial power... yurbud Sep 2013 #28
I imagined so. avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #29
Here is some more info on Iraq Harmony Blue Sep 2013 #20
Swimmingly malaise Sep 2013 #21
PEACHY KEEN!11 NT xchrom Sep 2013 #23
Interestingly I posted about Libya this morning. Savannahmann Sep 2013 #25
Why, just ask this shiny new oil pipeline Blue Owl Sep 2013 #26
History...there was a Hundred Years Was in Europe. libdem4life Sep 2013 #27
K&R woo me with science Sep 2013 #30
kick woo me with science Sep 2013 #31
Answer (my opinion) Demo_Chris Sep 2013 #32
Might want to add Egypt to that list. jwirr Sep 2013 #33
good point. I hadn't thought of it because a legit revolution preceded the coup yurbud Sep 2013 #34
Yes, it looked good back then. I am thinking that this is not just about what President Obama is jwirr Sep 2013 #35
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