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restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
2. very well said
Sat Nov 14, 2015, 03:12 PM
Nov 2015

and i agree with you re afghanistan. i know that i am in a minority who wanted to send in small highly trained teams to get obl. occupying a country like afghanistan was not the way to go imo.

like you, i hope to see a reasonable discussion about this tonight. war is emotional, so a heated exchange or three is likely, but i hope everyone stays on point.

I would argue that ISIS is the result of a poorly executed Iraq War ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #1
The Bush/Cheney decision to invade Iraq was a reasonable one? AgingAmerican Nov 2015 #5
Do you ever read what is written? ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #10
147 Democrats voted AGAINST the Iraq war resolution think Nov 2015 #18
LePage is angryvet Nov 2015 #27
Seems you'll never get past the preconceived notion Dem2 Nov 2015 #22
I know ... a character flaw. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #23
No not even! We did not need benefit of hindsight to know the Iraq invasion was the wrong thing to upaloopa Nov 2015 #6
NO we did not have Richard Clark and many more telling us so ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #11
Well I will have to disagree with you upaloopa Nov 2015 #31
This is a truly incredible line of bullshit you're trying to sell here melman Nov 2015 #32
You think so? n/t 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #36
A very valid point. Invasion based on lies, but why was it also executed so poorly? Justice Nov 2015 #14
It was flawed from the start ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #17
The majority of Democrats in the House voted No, so that's incorrect Bluenorthwest Nov 2015 #33
You are correct regarding the vote totals. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #37
10/7/2002 CIA Deputy Director John McLaughlin informed Congress femmedem Nov 2015 #16
... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #20
Yes, I read that. But "unless attacked first" is important as well femmedem Nov 2015 #29
I agree--it not only was a wrong war ismnotwasm Nov 2015 #19
I see... so although it was a bogus war, if we'd just have done a better job whatchamacallit Nov 2015 #26
yes ... That's exactly what I meant ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2015 #28
very well said restorefreedom Nov 2015 #2
And please remember the original name for the Iraq war was benld74 Nov 2015 #3
This One Looks Forward To The Debate When HRC Withdraws Referencing Her Role In Neocon Hegemony cantbeserious Nov 2015 #4
If we all learn from our mistakes and improve our actions we are better served. upaloopa Nov 2015 #8
Clearly One Has Not Listened - HRC Is Still A Neocon cantbeserious Nov 2015 #9
Knock knock ismnotwasm Nov 2015 #30
the U.S. military invasion, overthrow, and occupation bigtree Nov 2015 #7
+1000 ismnotwasm Nov 2015 #21
the US effort in the middle east has been under new management the past 7 yrs. Bush is no longer the msongs Nov 2015 #12
I'm looking for the candidate that will go after the funding sources riderinthestorm Nov 2015 #13
Ihave heard this so many times but I actually dont see the connection jamzrockz Nov 2015 #15
It was not an inevitable result of the Iraq War BainsBane Nov 2015 #24
ISIS had its genesis in 1989. randome Nov 2015 #25
Going forward, we need someone who doesn't think that the top jfern Nov 2015 #34
I agree with this: LWolf Nov 2015 #35
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