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To: af_vet_rr
My opinion, Iraq was something that needed to be finished up, or else we'd have troops and aircraft tied up for decades in that area...........

What in your opinion makes you think that won't be the case anyway, except tenfold?

19 posted on 06/16/2004 8:55:02 AM PDT by varon (Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
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To: varon
What in your opinion makes you think that won't be the case anyway, except tenfold?

Oh we'll be there for a while, but I think history is a pretty good indicator that if rebuild them and setup a functioning democracy and it can take hold, then things will work out quickly. We saw what happened in 1920s Germany when you defeat someone and then leave them alone, and applied those lessons we learned, to the post-war axis powers.

The biggest problem is that unlike a 1946 Germany or 1946 Japan, 2004 Iraq is a potential Yugoslavia.

26 posted on 06/16/2004 10:23:41 AM PDT by af_vet_rr
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