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One needs to pick one's battles. We picked exactly the wrong one. Tabs is correct that 50 years worth of administrations backing what ever tin-pot dictator who wasn't a commie, has come home to rest. There is plenty of blame to go around. The policy of "any enemy of my enemy is my friend" has put us in bed with some despicable characters. All for short term gains, never to solve any long term problems.
Bush's problem is too much action, not enough thought. We should have gone into Afghanistan with full force. Once that nest of vipers was eliminated, than we could focus a more enlightened ME approach. These Muslim countries only understand their version of success. The US or Israel backing down or leaving (which is inevitable) is a total victory for them. Our successes on the battlefield count for little or nothing. We lost a couple of dozen men and two helicopters in Mogadishu and we empower the entire ME. Clearly we need a different strategy here.
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