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Jeb Bush and Others Learned Nothing from Iraq (Tha Author shows his ignorance)
Townhall.com ^ | May 17, 2015 | Steve Chapman

Posted on 05/17/2015 7:04:29 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Chgogal

Sure, he made mistakes. Just like Clinton, and just like Obama to deny such past wrongs, does not help the future.


21 posted on 05/17/2015 7:51:58 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Kaslin

Since the Korean War, every war we have fought has been won by the skill and valor of our armed forces. In every case victory has been given to our enimies by the TREASON of the Democrat Party. Same thing with Iraq. The Democrat Party leadership is more dangerous and evil than ISIL.


22 posted on 05/17/2015 7:55:21 AM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: Theoria
Iran always had a foot hold in Iran. Iraq was in much better shape before Obama pulled out the troops. The negotiations of the SOFA was Obama’s responsibility. Obama and no interest in keeping US Troops in Iraq. Period. He followed through on his campaign promises.

Here are two videos of the Obama Administration claiming Iraq is one of the Administration's “Greatest Achievements”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOcPCrGRs6k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6BoQp2yBZE

Now your LIBERAL revision of history is disgusting.

23 posted on 05/17/2015 7:55:23 AM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Chgogal; Theoria
I meant to say : “Iran always had a foot hold in Iraq.”
24 posted on 05/17/2015 7:57:30 AM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Kaslin

Mr. Chapman is a card-carrying member of the Democrat Propaganda Ministry. If Republicans spend the next nine months looking for a candidate who can make the Iraq War un-happen, who wins? Hillary, that’s who.


25 posted on 05/17/2015 7:58:06 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("He's not my prophet, he's just some dead bloke." ~ Mark Steyn)
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To: Chgogal
Iraq fell. Iran rose. Reagan and Bush I was right to keep Saddam in power. That is over.

'Conservative' order is gone. The liberal idea of fixing things and keeping the world safe is in vogue. Islam will destroy even more now.

26 posted on 05/17/2015 8:01:25 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: savedbygrace

Whatever the Iraq war was supposed to accomplish, this is what it accomplished in reality:

It empowered Iran, by ousting their principal foe - Saddam - and replacing him with a government run by Iran-allied Shiites.

And no, it wasn’t Obama who put the Shiite gov’t into power, it was the Bush administration.


27 posted on 05/17/2015 8:04:42 AM PDT by WilliamIII
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To: Theoria
And when Saddam dies? Then what? Civil war between the two brothers? Iran just stands on the sidelines?

Please. Obama lost the Iraq and the Middle East. By mucking up the following:
1. Egypt
2. Libya
3. Syria

28 posted on 05/17/2015 8:04:57 AM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Tax-chick

you don’t have to be a Democrat to recognize the Iraq war was a mistake. In fact, every GOP candidate for president — every one of them — is saying the Iraq war was a mistake.


29 posted on 05/17/2015 8:06:29 AM PDT by WilliamIII
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To: Chgogal

Iraq became an ally of Iran during Bush’s first term. The new gov’t that replaced Saddam was pro-Iran.


30 posted on 05/17/2015 8:08:04 AM PDT by WilliamIII
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To: WilliamIII

bush did the world a great favor by creating fruit basket turn over in the fertile crescent.

It is all going as planned. Iraq and syria are split asunder into natural divisions. The Kurds are now autonomous in their region. The Iraqi threat is gone. Iran is being isolated. Hezbollah and Hamas are weakened

Bush was prescient and could see further into the future than those who see only a daily news cycle


31 posted on 05/17/2015 8:08:59 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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To: Theoria

Iraq fell to the US and its Bush’s Fighting Coalition (as opposed Obama’s Coalition). The US by 2008 and secured Iraq. Period. Obama won the election, claimed Iraq as a crowning achievement and then promptly lost the Iraq War by withdrawing US Forces. That is what happened.


32 posted on 05/17/2015 8:09:50 AM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: WilliamIII
Oh really? The Sunni Tribes and the Kurds allied themselves with Iran?
33 posted on 05/17/2015 8:10:52 AM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Chgogal
No, Iran does not stand on the sidelines. Just like Saudi Arabia, does not. Just as they fostered the children of 9/11. Just as they have supported the Sunni gangs of death that have been fighting in Libya and Syria.

These natural forces of Islam, killing each other, are now doing it easier with the fall of Iraq. Are we better of now with Saddam gone? I would say no. Nor do I discount that Obama hasn't helped at all. Nor does that take away from the GOP as well of supporting such bombings of instability.

34 posted on 05/17/2015 8:10:54 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: bert

Interesting opinion. Every GOP candidate for president — including Bush’s brother — disagrees wth you, so you need to get in touch with them, not with me. Every one of them, from Cruz to Santorum to Rubio to Jeb, says the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. Take it up with them,


35 posted on 05/17/2015 8:11:49 AM PDT by WilliamIII
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The classic part of insurgents and such fight the way of the flea. Time is on their side, the stability was a illusion. Bush couldn't get a sofa, nor could Obama.
36 posted on 05/17/2015 8:12:39 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Chgogal

The gov’t that was elected in Iraq was pro-Iran, made up of guys who’s been living in Iran when Saddam was in power. Do some reading, it’s not hard.


37 posted on 05/17/2015 8:13:05 AM PDT by WilliamIII
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To: WilliamIII
It became a mistake under Obama. The Iraq War was won by 2008.
38 posted on 05/17/2015 8:13:32 AM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: WilliamIII

That doesn’t really matter. Current political expediency has nothing to do with historical reality.


39 posted on 05/17/2015 8:14:41 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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To: Chgogal

Again, you’re arguing with the GOP leaders. They all say that invading was a mistake. Drop them a line and let them know that you know better.


40 posted on 05/17/2015 8:14:52 AM PDT by WilliamIII
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