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Old 06-05-2008, 04:20 PM   #34
Flint
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Originally Posted by Undertoad View Post
Nothing excuses the leadership and tactical failures along the way. But not telling us the "real deal" is not one of those failures... actually *stating* any one of those goals would make accomplishing it impossible.
The last time I said that, all you could do was mock me for it.

I know that laying all our cards on the table would be shooting ourselves in the foot.

I also know what our enemies know; that the way to win a war against America is to bog us down in a quagmire until we lose political support. We couldn't have done a better job of that. We lost (or never got) support for the war by not providing a GOOD REASON for being there. It didn't have to be the comprehensive, actual reason; but at least a GOOD-SOUNDING REASON. Fail.
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