http://donklephant.com/2007/02/06/iraq-its-not-just-us/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://donklephant.com/2007/02/06/iraq-its-not-just-us/comment-page-1/#comment-216883 BenG Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:54:35 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/02/06/iraq-its-not-just-us/#comment-216883 Sean, We, the American public, feel your pain! But one wonders why, at the onset of this war, and with the relative success we were having in Afghanistan, why the Arab nations didn't oppose stronger to our invading Iraq. They could've bolstered thier position against the invasion by refusing to ship oil to the US, or shutting down our air flight privileges over their countries air space, etc. Could it be that everyone simply looks at their own self-interests and short term benefits, ie; getting rid of Saddam Hussein ? But surely the countries in the region must have known the consequences of doing that, right? I guess Saddam gets the best prediction after all - wasn't it him who said 'Let the Mother of all Wars begin'. Only that was at the onset of the Gulf war 15 years ago, and we all laughed at him when that was done. This is why I get so mad when the Repubs say 'you just embolden the enemy when you criticize the administration'. Yea, right.. Sean,
We, the American public, feel your pain! But one wonders why, at the onset of this war, and with the relative success we were having in Afghanistan, why the Arab nations didn’t oppose stronger to our invading Iraq. They could’ve bolstered thier position against the invasion by refusing to ship oil to the US, or shutting down our air flight privileges over their countries air space, etc.
Could it be that everyone simply looks at their own self-interests and short term benefits, ie; getting rid of Saddam Hussein ? But surely the countries in the region must have known the consequences of doing that, right? I guess Saddam gets the best prediction after all – wasn’t it him who said ‘Let the Mother of all Wars begin’. Only that was at the onset of the Gulf war 15 years ago, and we all laughed at him when that was done. This is why I get so mad when the Repubs say ‘you just embolden the enemy when you criticize the administration’. Yea, right..

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