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Old 02-02-2010, 12:46 PM   #1
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Whipped into a frenzy, then perpetrated a halfassed retaliation in Afghanistan, maybe?
Half assed? You have to be kidding. That was a one sided fight all the way, there was nothing half assed about it other than us pulling out to refocus on Iraq.

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But they had two years to figure out what was to be gained from attacking Iraq, and that was strategic position and natural resources.
So you think the whole UN thing, the failed weapons inspections, and intell stating they had WMD was nothing more than a ruse?

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Plus Haliburton wasn't making squat in Afghanistan, and troops are just an expendable resource, for politicians. They'll spend your kid, to grow their wealth.
Any thought that we went into Iraq for Haliburton is Conspiracy Theory and unsupported by the facts. If you have something to show me to the contrary I will be glad to read it.
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Old 02-02-2010, 01:25 PM   #2
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Half assed? You have to be kidding. That was a one sided fight all the way, there was nothing half assed about it other than us pulling out to refocus on Iraq.
That would be halfassed enough, even if there were nothing else.
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So you think the whole UN thing, the failed weapons inspections,
The weapons inspections didn't fail; they correctly found no weapons.
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Old 02-02-2010, 01:33 PM   #3
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That would be halfassed enough, even if there were nothing else.
I would expect your opinion on that issue to be nothing less.

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The weapons inspections didn't fail; they correctly found no weapons.
I agree. And if you read Scott Ritters book you can read more details about it. Maybe you forgot about the failed intell summary by CIA Director George Tenet , "Slam Dunk!".
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Old 02-02-2010, 01:47 PM   #4
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I would expect your opinion on that issue to be nothing less.
Wandering away with the job half done is the very definition of half-assed.
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Old 02-02-2010, 01:49 PM   #5
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Wandering away with the job half done is the very definition of half-assed.
We didn't wander away until Iraq came into the picture. As I stated earlier, up to that point we were doing a good job. And once we did refocus on Iraq it then became a big mistake, just about a year later.
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Old 02-04-2010, 10:25 AM   #6
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Half assed? You have to be kidding. That was a one sided fight all the way, there was nothing half Assad about it other than us pulling out to refocus on Iraq.
They got away! Moving the baddies from Afghanistan to Pakistan (temporarily), is not winning... it's half assed, and a failure.
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So you think the whole UN thing, the failed weapons inspections, and intell stating they had WMD was nothing more than a ruse?
No it was a success, except it didn't match the neocon agenda. Saddam was a pain in the ass, but not a threat.

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Any thought that we went into Iraq for Haliburton is Conspiracy Theory and unsupported by the facts. If you have something to show me to the contrary I will be glad to read it.
Yeah right, the military-industrial industry doesn't have any influence in Washington. Cheney and Rumsfeld just pulled this plan out of their ass.
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Old 02-04-2010, 09:01 PM   #7
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Yeah right, the military-industrial industry doesn't have any influence in Washington. Cheney and Rumsfeld just pulled this plan out of their ass.
That's were all the best plans are kept!
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Old 02-05-2010, 05:30 AM   #8
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Back to the WWJK idea, it strikes me that the early Romans were much more honest. When the Romans needed to kill they just went to Mars, they didn't have to reinterpret other gods... just a thought. I guess we can blame Augustine.
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