>>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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>That's your opinion. Mine is not so gloomy. I think that, if left to their own devices, the Iraqis would make an honest attempt at a unified government. But outsiders aren't going to give them the chance.

Here we disagree. We could leave tomorrow and Iraq would become more chaotic, not less.