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Originally posted by Tom Earp
Brother Cooper, while this is all so interesting, it is an after the fact statements arent they?
The Members of The USA Military are losing many more Members as there are More there. Second guessing is a wonderfull thing.
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While it may be after the fact, that doesn't mean that the concerns and issues raised within the memos are invalid - because they speak to the motivations behind the war, and the concern that the post-war occupation wasn't being dealt with... which do speak to the current situation in that the people that pushed for it and failed to properly plan are still currently in charge of planning and policy - which then leads one to ponder on the current policies and planning (or at least I hope it does).
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As far as I am concerned, pull out all troops from all Nations and Drop a Big One on them! Make a glass table top of the damn place.
Until this little penney anti Country starts trying to protect them selves, what is it worth? The Oil. Hell, why do you think France and Germany back them? That was where they were gettting their oil? 7 %? ) Screw Them!
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I personally wish that more of the planners looked into the history or Iraq, and the problems that the Biritsh Empire had when dealing with a 50 year insurgency - the problem now is that the troops on the ground are dealing with the results of poor planning and flawed policy - case in point would have been Rumsfeld's policy about the total number of troops needed to provide security for Iraq in the post combat phase; by providing only pockets of control and security, and failing to secure the borders, following the defeat of the Iraqi military it created a power vacuum that the current isurgents where able to coalese in and exploit - perhaps if greater consideration was given to the analysts from outside of the administration's inner circle or supporters the insurgency problem may not be as bad as it is now.
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Now Brother Cooper, Name The Quoters:
1. To be Vanquised and yet not Surrender, that is a Victory".
2. The World continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout heats and sharp words.
3. If he cannot fly a good jet__and he hasnt the heart to be of a hunter--he'll never be a fighter pilot.
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No idea who said any of the above...
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Do I have sympathy for them NO! They cannot get their Heads out of the sand, their so-called religion, or their collective asses.
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Now Brother Earp while you may feel anger over the current state of affairs over in Iraq - there is NO reason why you should be insulting the faith of Islam
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I am not or ever will degrad what Canadians ever did in fighting many wars, there were Heros enough to go around.
We screwed up by not taking it when We had a chance! What War Bro?
Who envaded and what was the name of the fighting force!?
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Again taking what Tom?
As for who invaded and the name of the fighting force you'll have to be a little more specific - which war, and which year.