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Originally posted by Spanky
We turned the tide of the war in Afghanistan and ended that conflict rather quickly
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And now appear to be losing the peace, as the Taliban gains power while we are occupied elsewhere. Biggest missed opportunity of the Bush Admin, IMHO.
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and Rumsfield was right in that we didn't need a lot of troops to conquer Iraq. That invasion was text book. He has done some stuff wrong, but he has done a lot of things right.
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I don't think anyone thought we needed a lot of troops to conquer Iraq. The issue was how many troops we needed to occupy Iraq in order to avoid chaos, civil war, and the quagmire we are in today.
