Would the very catastrophic Syrian civil war have rolled out the way it did outside of context of Iraq War w/in GWOT? Honestly don't know.
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Thanks for reminding me of that. I wonder if Bush realizes his buddies the Saudis quashed all that?
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not sure, but what struck me is that those comments are very recent! This summer, apparently!
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Right. It's as if he hasn't read the news since mid-2011.
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My only quibble is that you've used the past tense to describe the war in Iraq, which ain't over. OTOH, why draw distinctions?
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Absolutely fair.
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hard to tell when none of our recent wars ever end
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Right. The Iraq War is still fucking catastrophic. So is the Afghan war. And the Yemeni war. And the Libyan war.
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@freedomrideblog it’s perpetual war. just hard to decide how much is design and how much incompetence - 1 more reply
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Yeah, but that one was on us, so it couldn't have been nearly as bad as this one.
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because when we do it it's not that bad. When our enemies do it it's a world tragedy.
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Syria absorbed over a million Iraqis fleeing US invasion W/o ever asking the world for a penny. Now everyone's fleeing Syria.
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that sentence tells us a lot about Filkins worldview.
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The War on (some) Drug Users feels slighted. Not as much death but lots of lives ruined....
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>It’s amazing how many people, in government and out, who forget about Iraq - as if it never happened > guilt consciences
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