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Originally Posted by dc_dux
The result of our invasion of Iraq was to put the two most extemeist parties with ties to Iran (SCIRI and Dawa) in control of the Iraq government only increasing Iran's influence.
And we have control of Afghanistan? Perhaps we would have if we did not abandon it prematurely, for the most part, in order to pursue the folly in Iraq.
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Using the language of some, aren't we "occupiers" of those nations? Given our military presence, I think we can do what needs to be done, if an offensive military strategy is needed against Iran. If we did not have military presence in those countries an offensive military strategy would be far more difficult.
My biggest fear is the next President will undo what the Bush administration has masterfully orchestrated. People said he had no plan, I can see it pretty clearly - don't you?
Iran sees what has happened. I think that they believe world opinion is against the US and that is why they want to speed up their nuclear weapons development. (Ooops, "nuclear power" development, they don't have enough oil to satisfy their electricity needs - right?)