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The recent attack is a traject aspect of war and it is a reminder that we are fighting people willing to kill themselves in order to take iraq back to the dark ages.
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spoken like a true member of the ann coulter school. amazing.
i remain unsure if i should participate in this thread or not: i opposed the war from the outset, i remain opposed to it. i have nothing but contempt for the bush administration, and hope that one day bush will himself be held personally to account legally for every death this absurd, illegal war has engendered.
such is my optimism.
as for saddam hussein--who was undoubtedly not a great guy---all the righteous lather expended by the right on him would have been much easier to swallow had it not been known all along that the americans supported, armed and advised hussein very actively under reagan, up to the invasion of kuwait.
for a nifty timeline, check here:
http://www.iranchamber.com/history/a...rming_iraq.php
american support was not affected in any way by the gassing of iranian troops and. later, of the kurds.
this specific incident in mosul is indeed unfortunate---and, like everything else in this misbegotten war-----totally unnecessary.