re: #338 Lidane

I know what I wrote. I also meant it exactly in the way I described it. We were attacked by people who weren’t Iraqi. Why have we been in Iraq for the last ten years?

Because we got ourselves knee-deep in shit and couldn’t leave quickly without looking like damned fools for being there in the first place. Plus, knocking off the entire government without securing a solid replacement would have just made matters worse for the Iraqi people.

It’s the “You break it, you bought it” syndrome.