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bemildred

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25. It looks like low-grade civil war to me in the west.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #21)

Thu Oct 31, 2013, 08:24 AM

Oct 2013

If you want to still consider it separate from the Syrian conflict. I think the chaos in Iraq is not unrelated to the sudden desire to restore some sort of order in Syria, perhaps. Even if the Saudis don't like it.

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Not the Onion..'How we won in Iraq'' by David PETRAEUS [View all] Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 OP

Info from a Tampa man DonCoquixote Oct 2013 #1

Though it was a typo, "ridiclue" is my new favorite word Recursion Oct 2013 #6

hey DonCoquixote Oct 2013 #13

Once again announcing himself to be a world-class asswipe jsr Oct 2013 #2

"Iraq today looks tragically similar to the Iraq of 2006" joshcryer Oct 2013 #3

? Recursion Oct 2013 #7

He does. joshcryer Oct 2013 #15

2013 is pretty close muriel_volestrangler Oct 2013 #19

Fair enough Recursion Oct 2013 #20

I don't know if the kidnapping is still significant muriel_volestrangler Oct 2013 #21

It looks like low-grade civil war to me in the west. bemildred Oct 2013 #25

+1 Festivito Oct 2013 #18

Careful malaise Oct 2013 #4

Blowing an innocent country to smithereens newfie11 Oct 2013 #5

I like your thinking .. we need to send you Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author newfie11 Oct 2013 #12

or 'How we paid off the warlords so we could pretend we won' KG Oct 2013 #9

We won? B Calm Oct 2013 #10

We really really really lost. Enthusiast Oct 2013 #22

We all know what the war profiteers won, but what exactly did 'we' win in Iraq? Snake Plissken Oct 2013 #11

Lying liars and the lies... sendero Oct 2013 #14

All we won was the hatred and loathing of the rest of the World. another_liberal Oct 2013 #16

Agree with everything you said.... ReRe Oct 2013 #17

No doubt he'll get a hero's welcome . . . another_liberal Nov 2013 #30

That bunch just can't believe... ReRe Nov 2013 #32

What he describes is at best "salvaged", not "won" JHB Oct 2013 #23

Petraeus' new talk is on Ichingcarpenter Oct 2013 #26

So ... "Mission Accomplished" ???? JoePhilly Oct 2013 #24

obviously petraeus doesn't know shit from shinola. he's in the war business, what else would he say spanone Oct 2013 #27

We even lost what we wanted the most -- Chinese companies were selected by Iraq govt SDjack Oct 2013 #28

With foreward by Ted Cruz Blue Owl Oct 2013 #29

That's the Orwellian newspeak world we live in. marmar Nov 2013 #31