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grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts)
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 12:03 PM Jun 2014

Can we all agree that Iraq has been a fruitless war? That nothing positive has come from it thus far

?

At least for the Iraqi & American people?

Sure, Cheney & his buds have made lots of money. The oil profits that used to go to Iraq have now been privatized....

But overall there has not been any positive gains from the war and I would submit there will continue to be none, no matter how small Iraq War III may be.

It's high time we recognized that WE are the problem. Not the disenfranchised Iraqi's.

No to escalation. It's a fools errand. Let's not play the fool for big oil & big war.

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Can we all agree that Iraq has been a fruitless war? That nothing positive has come from it thus far (Original Post) grahamhgreen Jun 2014 OP
We are a country who never learns phil89 Jun 2014 #1
The best thing we did in Vietnam was leave... And now they make our baseball caps! grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #3
And as your user name reminds me, no good books have emerged from it. . . Journeyman Jun 2014 #2
Rich people got richer. That's the purpose of any war. nt valerief Jun 2014 #4
I thought this cartoon was right on target deutsey Jun 2014 #5
+1 valerief Jun 2014 #6
Time for one more bonus! grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #7
 

phil89

(1,043 posts)
1. We are a country who never learns
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 12:21 PM
Jun 2014

The idea of something like the Iraq war happening after the lessons of Vietnam is unforgivable.

Journeyman

(15,001 posts)
2. And as your user name reminds me, no good books have emerged from it. . .
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 12:22 PM
Jun 2014

There's no Quiet American to explain it, no Dispatches to illuminate its horror, no Rumor of War to give it substance, no Fire in the Lake to provide context. There hasn't been much in the way of music, either, at least not to my knowledge. And such deafening silence tells us, there's been nothing gained from the experience, nothing to learn.

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