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**SnareeWer** · 08-07-2010, 09:44 PM

I'm coming to the conclusion that anything that happens over the next generation in Iraq will have largely happened anyway. Removing Saddam may have advanced the timeline by a decade, but it was out of our hands before Bush declared war, and it'll be out of our hands after we leave. What will happen with be a logical progression of the tensions of the Baathists, the Sunnis and the Shia that have played out for centuries.

Our adventure there has been largely the equivalent of going to the bathroom during a commercial break. A blip of a distraction. And frankly, our place against the destiny of Afghanistan is largely the same. The U.S. geopolitical agenda there will fade to background noise once we pull our troops out of the region.

08-07-2010, 09:44 PM	#4
SnareeWer Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 402 Senior Member	I'm coming to the conclusion that anything that happens over the next generation in Iraq will have largely happened anyway. Removing Saddam may have advanced the timeline by a decade, but it was out of our hands before Bush declared war, and it'll be out of our hands after we leave. What will happen with be a logical progression of the tensions of the Baathists, the Sunnis and the Shia that have played out for centuries. Our adventure there has been largely the equivalent of going to the bathroom during a commercial break. A blip of a distraction. And frankly, our place against the destiny of Afghanistan is largely the same. The U.S. geopolitical agenda there will fade to background noise once we pull our troops out of the region.
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