>>>Hi Dmitry.
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>>>I must say that I agree with all the points you made and with this one:
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As far as the title of this thread, Obama (IMHO) deserves credit for ending the war.>>>
>>>to a point. There is a big difference between ending a war and winning a war. Let's wait and see if the way in which Obama pulls out of Iraq wastes all the money and lives that were lost during the course of the past 10 years....
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>>I don't know if there was a way to win this war. And I agree with you, so much money spent and so many lives lost and not even an iota of appreciation from Iraq. You think Libya will be different? Nope. Just wait to see the suicide bombings in Libya and anti-american demonstrations. You can't win in the muslim world.
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>>You can't win in the muslim world.
>It's another culture - if only people tried to understand it -
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>I don't mean you personally - you are part of two cultures
In a way I agree with you. But whatever you call it, culture, religion, etc., they (the muslim world) do not want to accept anybody but their own. Of course not all of them but majority.
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