@paulg perhaps they subscribe to the "If violence is not solving all your problems, you're not using enough of it" school of thought
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@davidnwelton Maybe. But McNamara had second thoughts, so it's not impossible. - 1 more reply
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@paulg Clearly they ghostwrote the counterpoint tohttp://www.theonion.com/multiblogpost/this-war-will-destabilize-the-entire-mideast-regio-11534 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Cheney seemed to have it figured out back in '94https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w75ctsv2oPU …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Only if they desire democracy & security. They don't. They got what they wanted: perduring contracts, bases, 'clash of civilizations'Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg fair point, also wonder if Obama is having 2nd thoughts about pulling out troops to soon? Both were bad decisions.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Haha.
@paulg, that's funny.https://twitter.com/paulg/status/667133989493211136 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg I'm sure the $40BN it netted Haliburton will give Cheney some selective amnesia in this regard http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/308-12/16561-focus-cheneys-halliburton-made-395-billion-on-iraq-war … -
@paulg sorry "grossed" (not netted)
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@paulg agreed, but, i wonder if obama is now having second thoughts about the wisdom of running out of iraq in a hurry. -
@pcasearle@paulg Bush signed the order to withdraw at the end of 2011. -
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@pcasearle@paulg perhaps, but he was partly elected to gtfo. Also I don't think anyone thought the Iraqi army would just turn tail & run -
@SpotJ@paulg true about election. there were red flags though about iraqi army:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/30/AR2011013000005.html … -
@pcasearle@paulg yeah, massive cock up all around in hindsight.
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@paulg the quote I like best about Wolfowitz was “dangerously idealistic and crack-smoking stupid”: https://books.google.com/books?id=7s-uIICROyYC&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=wolfowitz+%E2%80%9Cdangerously+idealistic%E2%80%9D+and+%E2%80%9Ccrack-smoking+stupid%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=aWKpJJDWLV&sig=1v34cRjRWx9OQ_zmpGix-venBr8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjsjLn7uqfJAhXJPT4KHXrMB98Q6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=wolfowitz%20%E2%80%9Cdangerously%20idealistic%E2%80%9D%20and%20%E2%80%9Ccrack-smoking%20stupid%E2%80%9D&f=false …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg probably more subscribing to McCains view that USA needed to stay there 100 years.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg well, we know that Rumsfeld isn't.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg that would imply they had 1st thoughtsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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