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re: 'American War Generals' a sobering reflection on U.S. failures in Iraq

Posted on 9/13/14 at 6:48 am to
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 9/13/14 at 6:48 am to
Nation building.

Harumph.
Posted by Wolfhound45
Hanging with Chicken in Lurkistan
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 9/13/14 at 6:50 am to
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Harumph.


Indeed.
Posted by TT9
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Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 9/13/14 at 6:52 am to
A disastrous mistake.
Posted by NC_Tigah
Carolinas
Member since Sep 2003
124189 posts
Posted on 9/13/14 at 9:09 am to
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Nation building.
Correct.
THAT was the mistake.

Undermanned occupation. Asinine isolation of any Sunnis from leadership. Those decisions were all on Rumsfeld, and of course on "W" who took his advice. There was certainly a better path exclusive of "not being there". The invasion went so well, that we just assumed the occupation would too.
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