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From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">
Jim Adams wrote:
>> But they should have finished the job before buggering off to Iraq.
>
> Reminds me of Operation Market Garden - a bridge (country) too far.
Not necessarily. Right now Iraq could be a democracy mostly at peace but
with a very real risk of military coup.
However it is similar in that the coalition mil admirably took the
objective but then simply no one had even thought to send metaphorical
tanks up to relieve them.
Adam
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