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I explained that: the secondary portion had to do with some nitpicerky about about what "mission" means.
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No you didn't. You used that thread title because you had a "mission". How about you explain to me where you did so?
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I know that defeating Saddam hussein's meager forces would present little challenges to our military and that the success after that would always be out of our hands and in the hands of Iraqis.
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Ok.
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Firstly, I wouldn't have invaded without a UN mandate, because if the Iraqis didn't or couldn't "stand up" we could share the burden.
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Because it was unilateral?
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That said, the most effective occupation is overwhelming force, not a "light footprint"
After that, with 300,000 boots on the ground, we needed to clear, Build and Hold; the strategy Condi touted and that Rummy Rebuked.
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If you are talking about "clearing", what power did Bush have over the State Department to do so?
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Mostly, I wouldn't try to convince people that the war would be a "cakewalk."
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Do you have evidence Bush ever said the "war" would be that? Post it. I am pretty sure he always said it might be a multi-decade thing.
The points you make are pretty meaningless now.
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And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
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