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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 09:07 PM Original message |
Why (how) did the Iraq war go so bad? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. reasons and leadership |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. because it never should have happened. Iraq was a powder keg |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. It started off on a false premise |
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Robbie Michaels (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. Here's why |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. It was intended that we fail. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. Lanchester's Law |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 09:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Hmm... I am a math professor |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. Because the neocons were hell bent |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. Bad ideas=bad outcome. |
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Montagnard (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. Donald Rumsfeld, |
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heartofthesiskiyou (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because the neocon plan was to stay |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. A lot of people think it went exactly how they wanted it to go. |
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heartofthesiskiyou (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. a prescription to repeat forgotten lessons |
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No New War (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. Simple |
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getwesback (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-04-06 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. simple: WORST DECISION MAKER. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 07:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. You mean worst DECIDER |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. As I see it |
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mikelewis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
17. What makes you think anything went wrong? |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
18. The first "mistake" was invading thinking that it was just some board game |
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MikeNY (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
19. We don't have the truth on our side |
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raysr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
20. The Iraqis didn't want |
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Rocknrule (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
21. Because it started |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
22. it's gone (and continues to go) almost exactly as PNAC wanted it |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
24. Dumb people using "Smart Bombs" |
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mnmoderatedem (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
25. the nature of the warfare |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
26. A lot of fine answers in this thread, |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
27. It went wrong the second the NeoCons decided to invade.... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
28. Bush is a Noob..dats why and dats whot went wrong.... |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
29. Because it was WRONG from the get go. |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
30. Bottom line (IMHO): |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
31. occupation |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
32. Because we haven't learned from history, even our recent history. |
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