From: "Robert G Lewis" 

Nah I won't 


"Mark"  wrote in message news:43ff75d8{at}w3....
> Okay, sorry Bob, my intent wasn't to put words in your mouth  Bobs again maybe -- now the other one will protest!>
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> "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
> news:43ff647d{at}w3....
>>> We'll see how things shake out, you've been pessimistic since before the
>>> beginning,
>>
>> Not true at all Mark. I supported Bush in the Iraq situation well after
>> the invasion -- it was only after I saw how the Iraqi's were handling
>> things and none of the reasons Bush put forth for the invasion turned out
>> to be true. Part of my problem is I feel like a fool for supporting it.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>> "Mark"  wrote in message
news:43ff3fae{at}w3....
>>> We'll see how things shake out, you've been pessimistic since before the
>>> beginning, this is just one more event you're using to support your
>>> unwavering world-view that we lost before we started.
>>>
>>> "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
>>> news:43ff39b9{at}w3....
>>>> >Still others say the Shia have been remarkably
restrained throughout,
>>>> >I agree with the latter.
>>>>
>>>> Not the last 2 days they weren't.  How many attacks on Sunni mosques
>>>> was it? how many Sunni's executed vigilante style.....
>>>>
>>>>> I wonder, had we done it right in the first Gulf war,
whether we'd not
>>>>> be much better off today in general?
>>>>
>>>> Nope, it would have been the same as now -- Bush (Sr.)
knew what would
>>>> happen (and wrote about it) and that's why we didn't go all the way.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Bob Comer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Mark"  wrote in
message news:43ff1582{at}w3....
>>>>>
>>>>> "Rich Gauszka" 
wrote in message
>>>>> news:43ff0810{at}w3....
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>>>>>> "Gary Wiltshire" 
wrote in message
>>>>>> news:op.s5gy4ojqeipai0{at}dsl40.bgtnvtpl.sover.net...
>>>>>>> On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:42:53 -0500, Rich Gauszka
>>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  James Baker 1996
>>>>>>>> ``Removing him from power might well have
plunged Iraq into civil
>>>>>>>> war,
>>>>>>>> sucking U.S. forces in to preserve order.
Had we elected to march
>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>> Baghdad, our forces might still be there.''
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Funny to see YOU quote him.  Just selectively
when ONE thing agrees
>>>>>>> with your weltanshauung.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Gary Wiltshire
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So Iraq is not on the brink of civil war?
>>>>>
>>>>> Some say so, some say not, some say they've been in
one since we got
>>>>> there, others say they've been in one for 20 years.
Still others say
>>>>> the Shia have been remarkably restrained throughout, I
agree with the
>>>>> latter.
>>>>>
>>>>> That Baker thought in 1996 that we'd still be there
then, five years
>>>>> after the initial invasion doesn't sound remarkable to
me, as doesn't
>>>>> the fact that we'll still be there in 2008, five years from the
>>>>> beginning of this operation, and beyond.
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder, had we done it right in the first Gulf war,
whether we'd not
>>>>> be much better off today in general? I wonder if the
governments in
>>>>> Syria and Iran would have long since toppled thus our
current nuclear
>>>>> problem with Iran being nonexistent? We'll never know
what would've
>>>>> happened, but walking around chanting about some
mythical "exit plan"
>>>>> as if that's the objective of the operation and
wringing one's hands
>>>>> about how long we might be there, isn't really
relevant to the task at
>>>>> hand. Is it?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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