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to: Gary Britt
from: John Cuccia
date: 2005-08-23 11:50:08
subject: Re: Chuck Hagel - US Iraq presence unsustainable

From: John Cuccia 

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:51:38 -0400, "Gary Britt"
 wrote:

>Again that isn't all bad either. They will need to open up the oil spigot
>to finance such an endeavor that would likely last as long as Iraq/Iran with
>the same result of the incompetent versus the inept.

There's that short-sightedness again. An Islamic civil war will spread to
Pakistan, Israel,  Turkey,  and into Africa.    That's at least two
states with nukes, and possibly three if Iran gets theirs.

>
>Gary
>
>"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>news:jifmg1lmrr3q9h3mrb24bbvuq06k6f9pne{at}4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:57:30 -0400, "Gary Britt"
>>  wrote:
>>
>> >Well, that's not all bad.  It ought to do some to straighten out the
>Sunni
>> >Arab's in charge of Saudi Arabi.
>>
>> Yeah, it'll incite them to invade when US troops are gone, to
>> eradicate the blight of Shi'a once and for all.
>>
>> >
>> >Gary
>> >
>> >"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>> >news:0c6kg19imtomgdnvgp0433vbfccrl2s13a{at}4ax.com...
>> >> The many Republicans who are starting to question the wisdom of
>> >> invading Iraq are doing so because they now realize that
we were sold
>> >> a bill of goods by the Bushies.
>> >>
>> >> There were no WMDs, we are creating terrorists faster
than we can kill
>> >> them, and there will be no Iraqi democracy, just a nuclear-armed
>> >> Shiite-dominated state situated squarely in the heart of
the Islamic
>> >> world.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:28:18 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
>> >>  wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Rove probably is examining the details of Hagel's
Purple Hearts and
>other
>> >> >Vietnam citations right now :-)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >"John Cuccia" 
wrote in message
>> >> >news:ivujg19d1ptbtar6vc00d3j133m8bds408{at}4ax.com...
>> >> >> On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 23:06:21 -0400,
"Mark" 
>wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>Sounds to me like Hagel is hitching his wagon
to the Kerry Wagon
>Train.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> More incisive analysis, eh, Mark?  The
"Kerry Wagon Train" is a
>> >> >> figment of your imagination.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>>
>

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