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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
I never bought the "flypaper" theory, but it seems to me we're stuck with the occupation. Once you invade a country, you have a responsibility to its citizens to provide basic security. You can't just kick their army's ass and leave the country in anarchy. If we left now, Iraq would be the next Afghanistan.
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Powell's "Pottery Barn" theory. Bush didn't much like that one.
Unfortunately, it's true -- but how much more of this shit? Twelve years of last throes?
