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I reread what I wrote and I can’t find where you think I said there was some sort of bleak outcome to all of this. My point was that Al-Sadr never went away and that the civil unrest is something that still exists despite the surge. I don’t see any reason I should concede my point that you can’t force people to coexist with a build up of foreign troops. I also made positive remarks towards the Iraq government handling the fighting.
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It all sounds pessimistic to me:
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Originally Posted by FlakBait
We all knew this day would come. Everyone clapped their hands when Al-Sadr signed the 6 month cease fire and then we ignorantly thought there would be piece and prosperity forever. The surge didn't take away Al-Sadr's power and destroy his following. It’s time to see what the Iraqi security forces are made of and leave them to deal with this problem.
Operation setback as I called it in another thread is underway.
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That’s your solution to everything isn’t it? Well making everyone complacent isn’t a winning strategy. The surge isn't helping them get along with each other. I'm happy that the Iraqi's are really handling this pretty much on their own.
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If the ceasefire that most of the Sadrists followed collapses your going to have a real hard time convincing anyone there isn’t a civil war going on.
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"Operation Setback...The surge isn't helping...civil war going on..." Sound rather defeatist to me. If I am somehow wrong and you mean this some other way, I don't see it frankly. If you are not trying to downplay the successes we have had recently, then what are you saying? Seems like it is a time to be optimistic about a brighter future for Iraq.