Posted by Bill on 01/12/28 11:55

Well, that's a good point. It could be that Rumsfeld, Cheney, Bush,
Feith, et al, actually did know that it would be very difficult, and
that, by August 2006, 3000 people a month would be dying in Iraq as a
result of "liberation". In that case, they wisely chose not to tell
America because otherwise support for the war might have been lukewarm
at best.

David McCall wrote:
> "Bill" <trash@christian-horizons.org> wrote in message
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>
>>When you use that phrase, I can't help but think, what amazing fount of
>>knowledge and truth is only accessible to Tony Blair and George Bush and
>>nobody else in the world? Even more amazing: the moral fibre of those
>>two, able to withstand the entire world's skepticism? Tell me, were
>>George and Tony the only guys in the world right about Weapons of Mass
>>Destruction? Or that turning Iraq into a Democracy would be a cakewalk?
>>
>>The first sign of wisdom is the ability to admit a mistake. How long, do
>>you think, in years, will America have to occupy Iraq to prove that they
>>didn't make one?
>>
>
> You left at least one person out. Sadam thought there were WMD. Imagine his
> surprise :-)
>
> I completely missed the "cakewalk" speech. Can you post a link for me?
>
> All I've ever heard is that it is going to take a very long time, perhaps
> generations.
> I'd guess we will wind up getting out of Iraq about as fast as we got out of
> Germany.
> But wait, we're still there. We're still in Japan. We're still in Korea. I
> guess it will be a while.
>
> BTW I was opposed to going into Iraq without more of a consensus.
> I did not vote for George (either of them), in fact I rarely vote for
> Demonicans.
>
> David
>
>

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