[Valin]

Bump for the morning

BUT in the meantime
Does he explain just how this would've changed the middle east?

I think a lot of use now feel, in hindsight, that would have been a better alternative to what has happened there since we went in,

And just what is that?

Back in the morning.

[Northern Alliance]

I think a lot of use now feel, in hindsight, that would have been a better alternative to what has happened there since we went in,

And just what is that?

Nothing much, just 3,000 servicemen dead. 10,000? 20,000? I don't know - how many badly wounded. 100,000s Iraqis dead. Loss of US prestige abroad. Loss of the Senate. Loss of the House. 2008 presidential chances badly damaged. Iraq apparently still a long way from the stated goal of being a friendly power able to sustain itself. Syria and Iran gained a huge amount of face and power in the Arab world by their success in fighting a proxy war in Iraq.

Back in the morning.

Sleep tight.