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Originally Posted by aceventura3
I admit Bush is not among the best communicators. I remember listening to his speaches before and after the war, and I recall him giving many reasons for the war. You focus on the few that were proven false, I don't.
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I focus on the fact that Bush and and his spokespeople continue to lie to the American people when they knew the intelligence was wrong. I dont care how he communicates. I do care about what he says.
I also care about what he didnt say- or even worse, what he didnt know - in terms of possible outcomes of such an invasion on the stability of the region.
As I noted before, the two most threatening outcomes of an invasion being the Sunni-Shiite sectarian violence and the new Iraq-Iran "best buds"
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http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetai...?NewsID=379444 )
Add to that the Turks massing forces on the Turkey/Iraq border nervously watching as Iraq Kurds flex their muscles. Turkey will never allow an independent Kurdistan:
....the war in Iraq seems to have only emboldened the group (PKK) as fellow Iraqi Kurds just over the border have grown stronger and more autonomous since the invasion...
...."It's a huge potential headache for the US. The last thing the US wants is a war between Kurds and Turks in Iraq. The last place that is calm in Iraq is in danger of going up in flames."
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0829/p10s01-woeu.html
Its hard for me to see how any of this leads to more stability and is in the US best interest.