>>However, my problem is that many, many experts said this would be the outcome. They said you don't understand the region, the only possible outcome is bad. Daddy Bush stayed away for just that reason.
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>>We went into a region for the wrong reasons. We are less safe today. We really can't do anything about Iran since we are streched thin. We now have a very ugly situation on our hands due to some very poor planning.
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>I disagree with you on one thing. We went there for the right reasons and stayed there for the wrong reasons <g>. The rest, you are right.

The problem was they told us one reason after another after each offering had been disproved.