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Originally Posted by astralis
ba,
that's true only because the execution of the war has been a complete mess. had the war gone even half as smoothly as the neo-conservatives were betting it would go, the Iraq War would have been hailed as a stroke of strategic genius.
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Actually the war went great. It was the occupation phase that went bad. No one in the west knew just how much this sectarian thing influenced local politics. But we're learning. Even if it's 2 years late, we're learning to do a better job. It's better late than never.