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Originally Posted by Army_of_One  5 Years ago Bush did say "Mission Accomplished" ...it was a little premature. |
.... I'd say it was more than a "little" premature, I'd say those words will never apply to Iraq despite the deaths of our brave young service men and women and the many years a US military presence will be retained there.
Didn't the US learn anything from the quagmire of Vietnam, i.e., an occupying force, (in the case of Vietnam US troop levels were in excess of 500,000), will never subdue a nation that wants its independence, especially one in the middle east, like Iraq, where there is a strong tribal/ethnic & religious mix against anything perceived as non-Moslem. Infidels/Crusaders are unwelcome, always have been, always will be.