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To: CholeraJoe

It was a clusterf**k
We got our butts kicked.
We left the country with our tails between our legs

Would you agree that the above were caused by politicians' failures, and not the failures of our fighting men?

13 posted on 07/28/2003 11:25:11 AM PDT by RoughDobermann (Who are you tryin' to get crazy with, ese? Don't you know I'm loco?)

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To: RoughDobermann

Would you agree that the above were caused by politicians' failures, and not the failures of our fighting men?

Only in part. Politicians didn't plan the raid, politicians didn't fail to anticipate that UH-60s could be brought down by RPGs, and politicians didn't send light infantry in unarmored vehicles into a city teeming with armed citizens.

14 posted on 07/28/2003 11:38:05 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (White Devils for Sharpton. We're baaaaad. We're Nationwide)

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