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All Republican hopefulls now agree Iraq war was a mistake

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by mc mark, May 17, 2015.

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  1. robbie380

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    What's Hillary's stance on drone strikes? Dems have been amazingly quiet on this. It is something they would hammer a Republican over.
     
    #21 robbie380, May 17, 2015
  2. mc mark

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    On the contrary! I am overjoyed and relieved that the majority of republicans now feel the war was a mistake. Gives me hope for a future that we will laugh at and dismiss anyone who is insane enough to say that Iraq was worth the loss of life and treasure.
     
    #22 mc mark, May 17, 2015
  3. Mr. Clutch

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    Middle Easter intervention isn't exactly a Republican only or even US only thing
     
    #23 Mr. Clutch, May 17, 2015
  4. robbie380

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    It started with a Republican president years ago fwiw.
     
    #24 robbie380, May 17, 2015
  5. A_3PO

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    Next step is for Republicans hopefuls to admit the entire presidency of George W Bush was a catastrophic disaster with the Iraq was as it's crowning achievement.
     
    #25 A_3PO, May 17, 2015
  6. bigtexxx

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    Actually Iraq WAS under control.

    And then Obama
     
    #26 bigtexxx, May 17, 2015
  7. jo mama

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    war crimes...starting a war based on lies which ended up killing hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and children and authorization of torture.

    im with you texxx - bernie sanders for president in 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    lawrence of arabia fanits.
     
    #27 jo mama, May 17, 2015
  8. Dubious

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    I, a libby lib, was for the war, I wanted to overthrow a sadistic tyrant. The war went well. It was the post-war occupation that was royally botched. Maybe the dissolution of the Army and Civil System's resulting chaos was predictable. It didn't really seem like it at the time. It seemed like people would fall in line with the new organization chart by the Super Power that freed them.

    ...won't make that mistake again.... people are greedy violent, self-interested f***ks.

    Seems like the whole country has selective memory now. We were kickin' ass and taking names at the time.
     
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  9. A_3PO

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    I bet you are the only one here who has drunk enough Kool Aid to still believe "stay the course" would have been the right action. Stay the course is exactly why Obama was elected. If Bush weren't such a total failure, Obama never would have gained enough traction to win the Dem nomination.

    However you feel about Obama, public revulsion to Bush is why he is president now.
     
    #29 A_3PO, May 17, 2015
  10. Northside Storm

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    Time to demolish another myth.

    http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/...means-today/0NaI9JrbtSs1pAZvgzGtaL/story.html

     
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  11. bigtexxx

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    #31 bigtexxx, May 17, 2015
  12. Dubious

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    No, it wasn't. There were 150,000 armed unemployed looking to get their's and the oil money was there for the taking.
    There Will Be Blood times a million.

    You can't occupy 30 million people without terror tactics especially when 20 million of them hate the other 10 million.

    Then Obama what? You didn't complete your statement.
     
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  13. Northside Storm

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    The surge failed. The Iraqi war failed. The war on terror is a failure.

    Repeat after me. ;)
     
    #33 Northside Storm, May 17, 2015
  14. bigtexxx

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    So you'd say that Iraq is now in a better place than when Obama took the reins? You'd say Obama's done a flawless job battling ISIS?
     
    #34 bigtexxx, May 17, 2015
  15. Northside Storm

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    So you'd say that Iraq is now in a better place than when Bush Jr. declared an Axis of Evil, giving over half the Middle East to Iran--including, ironically, Iraq?

    You'd say you're avoiding the rightful contrition that should come to acknowledging the failure of the Iraqi War by pinning the blame on somebody else?

    The surge failed. The Iraqi war failed. The war on terror is a failure.

    Both parties are responsible. One party voted overwhelmingly for it, had a president declare it, and botched the entire thing, but hey, what's the blame game without other people eh? Sure, let's slag the other side for continuing a legacy of failure though.

    Now repeat after me.

    The surge failed. The Iraqi war failed. The war on terror is a failure.
     
    #35 Northside Storm, May 17, 2015
  16. AroundTheWorld

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    Nobody ever repeats anything after you.
     
    #36 AroundTheWorld, May 17, 2015
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    Objection -- relevance.

    It's telling that you won't answer my simple questions. Instead you write way too many words, most if not all of which aren't even on topic.
     
    #37 bigtexxx, May 17, 2015
  18. Northside Storm

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    Objection -- Inability to parse properly.

    I need to debug you texxxbot.

    I parry your objection of relevance with asking--if somebody brings up something irrelevant, and declares somebody else irrelevant, do the RULES OF IRRELEVANCY EVEN HOLD.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    i'd wager my statement of
    "The surge failed. The Iraqi war failed. The war on terror is a failure." has a relatively high correlation with a topic that says All Republican hopefulls now agree Iraq war was a mistake.

    now repeat after me ;)
     
    #38 Northside Storm, May 17, 2015
  19. Cohete Rojo

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    Democrats sure did a good job of asking all the tough questions in 2002 and 2003. Derp.
     
    #39 Cohete Rojo, May 17, 2015
  20. mc mark

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    We were called traitors.
     
    #40 mc mark, May 17, 2015
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