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To: Jumper

The Kurds and Shia were abandoned by Bush 1 after the Gulf War. We encouraged them to rebel against Saddam, then we left them to deal with him without our support.

GWB abandoned the Sunnis who fought alongside us in the Awakening to the Shia in control of the Iraqi government.

Sadly, it’s a bipartisan tradition.


8 posted on 04/05/2015 5:54:29 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Sherman Logan
To abandon implies previous support. I do not believe we abandoned the Shia....... we had good reason for not supporting them all along


9 posted on 04/05/2015 6:01:59 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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To: Sherman Logan

Wow, I can only remember the democrats abandoning S. Viet Nam, Iraq, Libya after coming back into the fold, and their reversals of almost every single foreign policy policy or treaty signed by republicans. At least Bush only abandoned his own so to speak - are there more instances of republicans abandoning a US ally? Bay of Pigs - democrats - a long socialist propelled policy.


22 posted on 04/05/2015 5:45:45 PM PDT by Jumper
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