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wmbwinn · 07-11-2008, 07:43 PM

Too much time spent talking about the negatives.
1)NO, we didn't catch Osama. But, Osama is a man with "end stage renal failure" who was on peritoneal dialysis the last time anything was known about him. Wherever he is, he is only a symbolic figure. He may already be dead. If he is alive, he is only a symbol.
2)NO, we found no WMD. We may never know if the US Intelligence really thought that was the primary reason to attack.

So....

If we move past those two points which seem to dominate this thread and move on to what has been done right, then we can celebrate the successes of removing Sadam, creating a new government, putting down the various resistance movements, and building up the native Iraqi capability to wipe their own arse.

Name another country in the last 100 years who ever accomplished the above.

Compare to the failures of Russian in Afghanistan and the Chechen Republic. Compare to the failures of France and Spain with Islamic militancy at home in their own countries.

What we have accomplished is incredible.

Name another country who COULD have taken the 3 enemies of World War II and turned them into thriving allies of that nation. Do you think it could have been done by any country not named USA? Do you think the rest of Europe could have done it without us? No, they would be an extension of Russia.

Quit whining all the time. You sound like a Democrat

07-11-2008, 07:43 PM	#34
wmbwinn Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Midwest Posts: 2,043	Too much time spent talking about the negatives. 1)NO, we didn't catch Osama. But, Osama is a man with "end stage renal failure" who was on peritoneal dialysis the last time anything was known about him. Wherever he is, he is only a symbolic figure. He may already be dead. If he is alive, he is only a symbol. 2)NO, we found no WMD. We may never know if the US Intelligence really thought that was the primary reason to attack. So.... If we move past those two points which seem to dominate this thread and move on to what has been done right, then we can celebrate the successes of removing Sadam, creating a new government, putting down the various resistance movements, and building up the native Iraqi capability to wipe their own arse. Name another country in the last 100 years who ever accomplished the above. Compare to the failures of Russian in Afghanistan and the Chechen Republic. Compare to the failures of France and Spain with Islamic militancy at home in their own countries. What we have accomplished is incredible. Name another country who COULD have taken the 3 enemies of World War II and turned them into thriving allies of that nation. Do you think it could have been done by any country not named USA? Do you think the rest of Europe could have done it without us? No, they would be an extension of Russia. Quit whining all the time. You sound like a Democrat __________________ "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." -Thomas Jefferson Last edited by wmbwinn; 07-11-2008 at 07:44 PM.