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Originally Posted by warrottjr
IMHO, the decision to invade Iraq was brilliant. Coming right after Afganistan, it put the world on notice that state sponsored terroism would not be left unchecked. Looking at Lybia's capitulation and North Korea's recent exit from list of states sponsoring terrorism, progress seems to be made.
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I agree with your introductory premise.
Unfortunately, the POTUS and SecDef tried to do it on the cheap, and failed to prepare the American public for the long war, address the post-war reconstruction period, or place the right people and forces in country to get the COIN and transition done quickly. Like it or not, we are drawing people to Iraq who hate us, want to do us harm, and need to be killed. If you want to see an American city looking like Fallujah, then by all means, pull back and let them come here.
The last time the NKs and Iranians cooperated was right after we went through the Iraqi forces like crap through a goose. They were very accomodating then. The NKs are not just sponsoring terrorism, but they are also attempting to undermine the US economy by counterfeiting, as well as distributing WMD and delivery system knowledge and material in a blatant proliferation campaign.
We need to show them the stick again, especially in the middle of a hard Korean winter.
TR