Originally Posted by SnowLeopard

I'm not saying for not attacking Afghanistan nor am I saying not for attacking on the small scale such as when we hit Libya. IMHO, we could have done a lot better by convincing the other countries that we are a good thing to have around, because of the bad guy on the block, Saddam, or the common bad guy, terrorism, instead of being the bull in the china shop.
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(After another explains how WWIII got started because a small third world country with Soviet aircraft bombed Washington but only the aircraft were id'd, not the nationality. "My God, are you saying we attacked the Soviet Union by mistake?"--listener, (w,stte), Book: On The Beach)