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Originally Posted by glatt
... It's messy out there. Once you unleash the dogs of war, you need to do what it takes to win, and you can't have a weak stomach about it.
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The first thing is to be a nation that doesn't get into wars. We should be fair and honest when dealing with other nations - after all, we're the good guys.
In the case of Iraq, "doing what it takes" meant that we should have had 450,000 troops on the ground. What we've done is not what it takes.
I don't think we should have invaded Iraq at all. But managing the aftermath is showing a weak stomach. It's allowing our troops to be killed and costing us too much, while we undo what our troops accomplished during the invasion. It also sends the message that you can get your country modernized by the Americans by insinuating that you have WMD. You'd think the supposed hard-asses in this administration would be tougher than that.
