On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 18:06:33 -0700, robert bowman
wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:

Because we won in Iraq and are now fighting in Afghanistan.

Won? I won't go into whether it cost trillions or merely billions, but
exactly what did the US win? Hanging one tinhorn dictator so you can
replace him with an equally dubious scumbag isn't exactly winning.


How big is the Taliban presence in Iraq these days?

Are the Marsh Arabs still alive?

Do the Kurds still live?

Gunner

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