To be fair, the withdrawal of troops is due to the request of the Iraqi "government" (no option there) and the desire of our President (and his party and much of the U.S.). Not sure what your point is (other than sarcasm). There are no really good solutions here and if that is your point, then I agree. However, there never is a really good solution when it comes to war. Since you only used what appeared to be sarcasm in your post, it is difficult to tell what you think the U.S. should do now (regardless of how it got into this mess) that would be best for Iraq and the rest of the world.



>Mission accomplished. Well done every one. Pimms all round I think.
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>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/america-lowers-the-flag-iraqs-unquiet-peace-2029634.html
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>>Because bombing the enemy in war was an effective tool. The US was on terror is misjudged, badly aimed, using vast resources and ineffective. Is the world a safer place than it was. Short answer . No
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>>Those are nice broad words - and don't even come close to answering my question, but I'm not surprised.
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>>The U.S. has not been attacked on U.S. soil since 9/11 (and subsequent attempts have been foiled) - so how can you say it's been ineffective?
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>>OK, WHY is it misjudged...why is it badly aimed..... (my only qualification is that Bush should have done more)
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>>And speaking of ineffective, since the topic of 7/7 came up - even though I consider England an ally, you should starting examining your own country. First, ask yourself why the Muslim population in your part of the world got more worked up about the "cartoon crisis" than it did when the 7/7 attacks occured.
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>>Second, and more important: one of Tony Blair's top advisors (Iqbal Sacranie) at the time was a man who felt Rushdie should die, felt than bin Laden was a freedom fighter, and regularly boycotted Holocaust Memorial Day. So maybe you Brits can take a lesson from the U.S. at least attempting to being a little more hard-assed about it, and you can re-think your idea that the U.S. is the one "misjudging" things. Seems your country indulged Islamic radicals a bit too long.
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>>(Sadly, our country is still making bad decisions on this topic.... e.g., this crap from the head of NASA, trying to use it as a tool to expand cultural identity).
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>>I am not against Muslims - but AFAIAC, pandering to Islam is potentially dangerous, and even insulting to those Muslims who DON'T think the way Tony Blair's former advisor thought.
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>>The war on terror is a propaganda sop to the intellectually challenged who watch,listen to and read Fox news and believe it. Who think that complex problems are made better by randomly shooting and blowing up things.
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>>I wouldn't be shocked if you, at some point, believed the CIA and Bush staged 9/11. It would certainly explain this kitschy attitude of yours. <s>
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>>P.S. I rarely watch Fox news.