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Originally Posted by astralis
historical david,
there is a good question to be had here- i think it is eminently arguable (not that i agree with the statement) that while a well-planned invasion would have been "worth it", a badly-planned invasion would be worse than no invasion at all.
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Well, no surprise, but I disagree.
Getting The One Big Thang right is more important than the detail-work. Did you read Christopher Hitchens' article in Slate about how did we get everything so wrong? His answer: we didn't. We got the most important thing RIGHT.
I agree. And IF - IF - we end up winning in the end, it'll be proven fact, and NObody will be able to argue that we're worse off.
Which is EXACTLY why so many are hoping - some even WORKING for - our defeat.
How low can somebody sink, anyway? To hope that we're defeated in a vital war, so that they won't have to swallow their pride, and admit they were wrong, and the object of their unreasonable, blinding, white-hot hatred was right?
That's really low. It's why I hate an American defeatist more than a fanatic jihadi.