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We did meet a few of our lessor goals but not the big one - killing the enemy that is hell bent on killing us. We failed that and we did so intentionally.

I am not talking down the country any more than warning that we screwed up the first time we went to war with Sadam by letting him live. I said that that was a mistake at the time and I was right. If anything you are talking down the country by pretending that we won because it makes you feel better. That is the most dangerous thing we can do.

The facts do not support that. In ten years it will be obvious that I was right just like it is obvious now that I was right about Sadam.

"Oh no ! There would have been more body bags ! we did the right thing by leting them go"
Thats what your post reads like. That is exactly what the enemy wants you to believe.

If they provoke us to the point that we need to go to war with them we can not let our enemies live. That is foolishly shortsighted. We had the ability and we didn't use it because of people like you.

" they could have attacked us again while we were sending troops to Afganistan , Oh my ! "

What a pussy.

We killed a bunch of the enemy, didn't you see the pictures of death highway? Seen OBL lately? Seen what happened to the caves of tora bora? Sure some got away. But how many more would have gotten away if we hadn't even gotten soldiers in the country until February?

Yes we did screw up when we left him alive, but remember WHO made that happen. It's been pretty well documented on FR which party threatened to cut off all funding and supplies if we marched to Bagdhad, and that party isn't in charge any more. I don't think we have any worry that Saddam is walking away from this one.

I never once mentioned anything about the quantity of bodybags. As a matter of fact I DIRECTLY said we didn't flinch when the bodybags did start coming back. The only people that are afraid of bodybags are the hippy dipsticks that don't understand war, thankfully they're on the way OUT. 9-11 made them an endagered species.

Military force exists to protect civilians, war is fought to defend the nation. The plan that costs fewer of our civilian lives is generally the better plan.