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Originally posted by sgtclub
I know math is hard, but think of it as a venn diagram. The WOT is the big circle and Iraq is a circle subsumed within it.
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Among the points of contention from last night's thread, the above has devolved to a particularly silly one. Ty is agreeing with you that Iraq is part of the WOT
now. Today Iraq has more terrorists than missing "g"''s in a Bush stump speech.*
The argument is one of timing, and venn diagrams, nifty as they are, skip that minor detail. And, as Ty observed earlier, in your venn diagram the WOT probably takes up the entire whiteboard, and also subsumes little circles off to the edges like:
- Russia -- clamp-down on democracy
- China - see Russia
- North Korea -- something bad. Remember to ask Cheney
- Iran -- ask UN to help?
- Crush Kerry Campaign
- Brush and Floss
And BTW, when you say that "no one could've anticipated the infusion of foreign fighters," I suppose that's true in the same sense that noone could've anticipated, you know, an insurgency.
When we invaded and took over the place, I'm sure there was someone in the vast bureaucracy in charge of securing the borders of this nifty new nation we bought. Presumably, this person was told that we were undertaking a mission of democracy to become a beacon of light in a dark, hate-filled, cesspool of Islamists, and being on guard was probably a good idea. Unfortunately, based on results, I'm guessing that person was Douglas Feith.
Gattigap
* And speaking of, some new estimates are that the number of Iraqis in the Sunni insurgency, including fighters, messengers and people who provide logistical, housing and other assistance to them
exceed 100,000. Now
that's a lot of hearts and minds to win (or alternatively, cities to flatten with Bilmore's smart bombs).
