Dixie - In Memoriam
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The Iraq War lasted over 10 years, you idiot.
And if you can't see that, and can't see how things never go according to the script of hopeless fools like yourself once you engage militarily - then you never will. It's why you & yours aren't trusted with the national security of this country these days.
No it didn't. Our military presence in Iraq spanned more than 10 years. The war with Saddam Hussein's military and regime, was over in about 18 days, and I think we had one casualty. The fighting was with the insurgents, mostly terrorist elements from outside who had infiltrated from open borders with Syria and Iran, as well as established underground terrorists who had been in Iraq all along. Your simple mind can't grasp this complexity, so you believe we were "at war with Iraq" during this time, when the truth is, newly-trained Iraqi security forces were fighting along side our guys to defeat the insurgents. How could we "be at war" with the very people who are helping us kill the bad guys?
Bush's plan in Iraq was actually Clinton's plan from 1998, to get rid of Saddam and replace his regime with a western style democracy. (See 1998 Iraqi Liberation Act) I have not suggested such a plan for North Korea, I don't give a shit about what kind of government they have. They are an isolated country who pose no real threat to any US ally or interest, other than Japan and South Korea. They currently only pose a threat to these allies by their ability to launch nukes at them, and this is why we should act to mitigate this threat. I don't care about taking over North Korea and establishing a democracy, so the mission become a whole lot easier to achieve and do so with great success.
You say my idea is "crazy" but the definition of "insanity" is to repeatedly do the same thing expecting a different result. Kerry is currently working on yet another round of "economic sanctions" which have never worked on North Korea, and never will. You don't have a solution, except to ignore it and basically turn our backs on our allies. And yeah... I guess we can do that, what are we ever going to need allies for, right?