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Originally posted by john_cramer
Why stop there, Nostatic? Why not expand your canon to include Carl von Clausewitz, Napoleon's Maxims of War, Machiavelli and Otto von Bismarck.
It does NOT matter anymore about the genesis of the situation, OK? We're IN IT ALREADY, stop crying over spilled milk and pointing the finger to advance your own agenda. Iraq's problem is OUR PROBLEM, Liberal, Conservative.
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John, you miss my point. I know we're in Iraq and can't leave right now. The issue is the NEXT place. As the Dalai Lama said, "when you lose, don't lose the lesson."
And frankly, I would *love* to see everything sorted. I don't care who the administration is that does it. But more importantly, I'd like whoever is in charge to look beyond their small sphere of influence/understanding before acting. I am not convinced that this happened with Iraq, and I fear it will happen with NK, Iran, SA, take you pick.