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2005-05-11 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2005-05-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07] Top

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Posted by juriseqs TROLL 2005-05-11 08:31|| 2005-05-11 08:31|| Front Page Top

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Posted by juriseqs TROLL 2005-05-11 16:02|| 2005-05-11 16:02|| Front Page Top

#3 J: Mission Accomplished ----the rant that can't be printed

Actually, the mission - the toppling of Saddam - was accomplished. That peace in Iraq hasn't followed has nothing to do with the initial mission. The follow-on mission is the suppression of Saddam's henchmen and various holy warriors who want to grab the reins of power by violent means. Heck, WWII accomplished its initial mission of freeing Czechoslovakia and Poland from Nazi rule, only to see it (and most of Central Europe) end up under Soviet rule. Such are the fortunes of war.

Posted by Zhang Fei">Zhang Fei 2005-05-11 16:19|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-05-11 16:19|| Front Page Top

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is cool, but {just 'cause} has it's moments.

Posted by Shipman 2005-05-11 19:53|| 2005-05-11 19:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Zheng, I disagree. The MISSION is to win the War against Islamofascists. Taking out Saddam was step two (after taking out the Taliban and putting the skids to OslammerHasbeen). Step Three hasn't been launched yet, because Step Two provided an interesting, serindipitous, and time-consuming alternative objective, destroying the people who would have been willing to carry out terrorist attacks against the United States, and draining huge sums of money from the pot used to conduct such terrorist attacks. I believe the slow nature of the combat is designed to do just that - bleed the terrorists of both bodies and funds - in Iraq - so they can't conduct hostile activities against the US homeland and populace. Once this stage no longer provides sufficient incentives, Step Three, which I'm sure is planned down to the penny, will commence, heavily modified by lessons learned in Step Two. I wonder who's been tapped so far to plan Step 2,763? I have no doubt the war plan is very far along against every element that needs attention.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2005-05-11 21:36|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-05-11 21:36|| Front Page Top

#6 OP, you write such loverly things! :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-12 00:00|| 2005-05-12 00:00|| Front Page Top

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