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Oct 20 2014 10:01am
If you could go back and do it all over again (assume its your call), would you have inititated the iraq war?

I'd guess it's a unanimous 'no' but if your answer is yes i want to know your thoughts on this subject
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Oct 20 2014 10:05am
No. It was misguided and getting rid of Saddam was not worth it.
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Oct 20 2014 10:06am
No, although I will admit in the beginning I was young and naive and thought we needed to get the evil terrorizers
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Oct 20 2014 10:06am
...I would prosecute the war in the exact same successful way we did but handle the after-war differently .
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Oct 20 2014 10:08am
No, but I wish there was a more stable secular leader in Iraq instead of Saddam. I wish Hafez Al-Assad had managed to assassinate Saddam like he wanted, it would have led to a united Syria-Iraq under stable, effective leadership.

I would have given support to Syria to eliminate Saddam and allow a secular Arab-superstate to have the balance of power with Israel in the Middle East. A hypothetical "Mesopotamia" nation and Israel are potent allies.

This post was edited by Caedus on Oct 20 2014 10:10am
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Oct 20 2014 10:09am
Quote (WidowMaKer_MK @ Oct 20 2014 11:06am)
...I would prosecute the war in the exact same successful way we did but handle the after-war differently .


we sacrificed too much to not finish the job, it was pretty foolish
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Oct 20 2014 10:16am
Quote (Mangix @ Oct 20 2014 12:09pm)
we sacrificed too much to not finish the job, it was pretty foolish


...I clearly said I would handle the postwar differently . Part of that would be finishing the real job .
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Oct 20 2014 10:26am
Quote (WidowMaKer_MK @ Oct 20 2014 11:16am)
...I clearly said I would handle the postwar differently . Part of that would be finishing the real job .


never said i disagreed lol
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Oct 20 2014 10:30am
Depemds. Are we going in to Iraq before or after the trucks were seen leaving?
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Oct 20 2014 10:53am
Quote (Arsenic_Touch @ Oct 20 2014 11:30am)
Depemds. Are we going in to Iraq before or after the trucks were seen leaving?


I don't get the reference, but sure!

This post was edited by duffman316 on Oct 20 2014 10:53am
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