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You keep pointing to the two successful examples in all of world history. You ignore all the unsuccessful examples.
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Do I now need to consider the failure of British colonization whenever we talk about Iraq?
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Even more important, you aren't willing to support a higher level of government support in this country for the displaced and disaffected.
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Wonk, were we to triple-fund every need for every "disaffected" person in the world - (WTF does "disaffected" mean, anyway? - vague whiney complaints that someone isn't as happy as they should be?) - you'd be here on this board claiming that I'm a heartless bastard because I won't adequately fund the critical "buy every kid in the world a tuba" legislation. There's just no end, and the definition of "need" always expands to a point well past supply.
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Are you seriously suggesting that the American people are going to pay for another Marshall Plan in the Mideast today? C'mon, Bilmore.
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I think we're doing the right thing, in almost the right way, at almost an acceptable price, today in Iraq. So, yeah, I think we will.
