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sufrommich

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3. I'm talking about his opinion that Iraq is a

Reply to hughee99 (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 13, 2014, 12:23 PM

Jun 2014

state thrown together with no regard to actual groups living within those borders, and that any solution to the american presence in Iraq would have to acknowledge those groups and give them power equal to their populations.

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Joe Biden deserves lots of credit for being right about Iraq. [View all] sufrommich Jun 2014 OP

When you say "right about Iraq", I assume you're not talking about his vote FOR the IWR. n/t hughee99 Jun 2014 #1

I'm talking about his opinion that Iraq is a sufrommich Jun 2014 #3

He is right about that, but he's hardly the first one to suggest something along those lines. hughee99 Jun 2014 #5

Huh? Its "right" for the USA to invade and segment the country as America sees fit? Mika Jun 2014 #2

Yeah, I said nothing like that.nt sufrommich Jun 2014 #4

You just think that Biden deserves lots of credit for this genius idea. n/t Mika Jun 2014 #6

The timing of this was important - it was fall 2007 karynnj Jun 2014 #9

Definitely deserves credit for this from the senate floor JaneyVee Jun 2014 #7

It is possible that had Bush pushed Iraq to have the type of regional summit karynnj Jun 2014 #8

i agree, Biden gets it more than those who only view it through one thing JI7 Jun 2014 #10

The people who were actually right voted No on the IWR and there were 21 Democratic Senators who Bluenorthwest Jun 2014 #11