Spouting opinion is different from thinking. Actually, it's the opposite. In order to think, you have to be willing to set down your opinion. You have to give up that your view is the One Right View. Personally, I'm willing to have another view than mine be right. So far, I haven't heard any that I can be convinced by.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
I THINK the invasion of Iraq has helped
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Explain to me your reasoning for this? I don't see how you can conclude that our invasion of Iraq has done anything but engender more hatred and violence against us while costing us very dearly in lives and money. How has our becoming the region's chief aggressor-and-target changed the nature of this un-detante-able scenario you lay out?
Now: if we were serving the Iraqi insurgents a decisive defeat, I could see your point. But we're not. We're getting our asses handed to us. At best, it'll be an attrition game until we leave--even the top brass says that. How does that do anything but weaken our position?