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24. So, we won the war, but lost the country to the extremist we put in charge?

Thu Aug 7, 2014, 04:33 PM

Aug 2014

So, we won but it cost us Trillions of $$, 4000+ US deaths and an estimated more than 100,000 Iraqui dead and the devastation of the Iraqui economy and had zero positive results? How is that a win, except in alternate reality bizzarro busho land?

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Wolfowitz: We 'Won' The Iraq War [View all] big_dog Aug 2014 OP

The question is Why is he not at the Dock at the Hague madokie Aug 2014 #1

Tell that to the 5000 or so Gold Star Mothers warrant46 Aug 2014 #36

What do you mean by that madokie Aug 2014 #42

Yes I have seen pictures warrant46 Aug 2014 #44

Yeah, those Gold Star mothers would like to deal with him themselves! Bill USA Aug 2014 #61

+1000 warrant46 Aug 2014 #68

If there were any justice he sure would be and would end up dying in prison emsimon33 Aug 2014 #47

Along with Bush, Cheney, and the rest emsimon33 Aug 2014 #48

Does your "justice" include anyone who ordered a drone strike on a US citizen without trial? Or do 24601 Aug 2014 #70

congratulations Enrique Aug 2014 #2

Just like we "won" Vietnam, right? sakabatou Aug 2014 #3

'mission accomplished' big_dog Aug 2014 #8

I wonder if the person taking that graphic mdbl Aug 2014 #9

Actually, by that set of statistics, the 'win' was that the Iraq war only cost Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #34

What I can't figure out is what"winning" would have changed. yurbud Aug 2014 #30

Stick it up your ass Paul Botany Aug 2014 #4

Paul, do you want to be a firetruck? underpants Aug 2014 #5

Well, technically, he's right. backscatter712 Aug 2014 #6

So Technically 4Q2u2 Aug 2014 #10

Technically speaking... backscatter712 Aug 2014 #16

Oh but don't forget, mdbl Aug 2014 #11

And that was the REAL mission accomplished. AngryDem001 Aug 2014 #19

And President Obama destroyed that cash cow. tridim Aug 2014 #26

I hate to burst your bubble. OnyxCollie Aug 2014 #32

Geez Onyx mdbl Aug 2014 #49

If you prefer instead to live under delusions, OnyxCollie Aug 2014 #58

The stated goal was to find those WMDs ck4829 Aug 2014 #53

We are fortunate that Congress listed the rationale in the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military 24601 Aug 2014 #71

Wolfowitz is the one who blatantly admitted that the bush administration faked "intelligence".... George II Aug 2014 #7

We had it won before we invaded RobertEarl Aug 2014 #12

Some people are always BeyondGeography Aug 2014 #13

If the objective was to leave the nation in shambles then Wolfowitz may be correct liberal N proud Aug 2014 #14

Oh, Wolfie, go comb your hair NV Whino Aug 2014 #15

Yeah, I remember the Iraqi people throwing flowers tabasco Aug 2014 #17

It was a Rose Petal Parade in Fallujah too warrant46 Aug 2014 #37

Ugg - what an awful man LibertyLover Aug 2014 #18

Oh Yeah, I remember the tickertape parade in New York City... Blue Idaho Aug 2014 #20

If that was a win, I'd hate to see what a loss looks like. n/t reflection Aug 2014 #21

Exactly WhoWoodaKnew Aug 2014 #51

We did, indeed, win the Iraq War. Maedhros Aug 2014 #22

Nope. No we didn't tabasco Aug 2014 #54

I think we're looking at different aspects of the Iraq operation. Maedhros Aug 2014 #56

Nope, the war objectives were not accomplished tabasco Aug 2014 #62

You don't have to convince me. The Iraq invasion was a stupid, cruel mistake on all fronts.[n/t] Maedhros Aug 2014 #63

Yep, you nailed it precisely. Won the war & then lost the peace. 24601 Aug 2014 #69

GO BACK TO THE IMF YOU MURDERING FUCKSTICK POS AND TAKE YOUR IRANIAN HONEY TRAP WITH YA! bobthedrummer Aug 2014 #23

What bobthedrummer said! calimary Aug 2014 #28

take McCain and Lyndsey Graham with you! rurallib Aug 2014 #52

AND contradicta, and rummy, and cheney, and dougie feith and ken adelman, calimary Aug 2014 #65

So, we won the war, but lost the country to the extremist we put in charge? lark Aug 2014 #24

Wow, talk about complete delusion. Liberal_from_va34 Aug 2014 #25

So "We won the war and lost the peace" then?... n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #27

Fuck off piece of shit war criminal. n/t Cal Carpenter Aug 2014 #29

all the neoconservatives should walk down the streets of Bagdad, Fallujah, and Basra unarmed yurbud Aug 2014 #31

if 'We' = war profiteers like Halliburton (and therefore Cheney), then yeah Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #33

true, good points all wordpix Aug 2014 #39

Yeah those neocon republican warpigs won alright workinclasszero Aug 2014 #50

Wolfie must be thinking of Grenada PeoViejo Aug 2014 #35

just like Iraqi oil would pay for the war and we would "win" in two months wordpix Aug 2014 #38

How do the wildly incompetent and delusional rise to such high positions of authority? kwassa Aug 2014 #40

Guy's licked one comb too many. Octafish Aug 2014 #41

You know how much he looks like Alfred E. Neuman in that picture? jmowreader Aug 2014 #43

Sure, if "Win" means transferring trillions of tax dollars into private pockets... Thor_MN Aug 2014 #45

^^^^ TRUTH Blue_Tires Aug 2014 #72

Haven't heard from him in awhile Corgigal Aug 2014 #46

What did "we" "win"? The Second Stone Aug 2014 #55

by "we" he must mean the MIC corkhead Aug 2014 #57

What percentage of people around the planet would agree with this man? Jefferson23 Aug 2014 #59

Time to go back to the home! dmosh42 Aug 2014 #60

Delusional mvd Aug 2014 #64

Just like Russia won its Afghanistan war daleo Aug 2014 #66

That's like running down the street, kicking someone in the ass then running away. randome Aug 2014 #67