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FiveGoodMen

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14. I don't think either party is contemplating peace anywhere in America's future.

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Fri Jun 13, 2014, 01:56 PM

Jun 2014

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To be clear: any policy starting with "we broke it..." ends with "we occupy Iraq forever." [View all] phantom power Jun 2014 OP

We DID break it. Should we try to help out now? randome Jun 2014 #1

That's like asking the abusive father who tortured the kids to fix the family. grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #2

No, it's more like the abusive grandfather who is now gone. randome Jun 2014 #4

Sometimes it takes a little while for the abuser to realize who he is. grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #9

We've been "helping" them for 13 years. I don't think it worked out so well, for them or us. phantom power Jun 2014 #3

Would we be 'helping' them by doing nothing? randome Jun 2014 #6

Yes. Not all mistakes can be undone. Not even if you put a smarter person in charge. phantom power Jun 2014 #8

Our involvement would serve only to delegitimize whatever faction we choose to support. JVS Jun 2014 #13

The Sikes Picot Agreement "broke" it... LanternWaste Jun 2014 #17

Bingo deutsey Jun 2014 #18

We broke it and octoberlib Jun 2014 #5

^ THIS. ^ LAGC Jun 2014 #7

Agreed. We should look for opportunities to help them in the long run, we owe them that, pampango Jun 2014 #20

no it's not. try this on for size: We broke it. There is nothing we can do to fix it cali Jun 2014 #10

Sure, but I think we all know what I'm getting at. phantom power Jun 2014 #12

Obviously we all did not know. Your op just wasn't phrased clearly enough. cali Jun 2014 #16

What about "We broke it and we can't fix it"? JVS Jun 2014 #11

I don't think either party is contemplating peace anywhere in America's future. FiveGoodMen Jun 2014 #14

Kinda like fixing the poisened orange juice we gave them by adding arsenic. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2014 #15

Perhaps it is: "we broke it so we must stay until the oil runs out" KurtNYC Jun 2014 #19

not necessarily - we have broken governments before, and they now are functioning without help from DrDan Jun 2014 #21

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