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Originally Posted by RyJ Maduro
Long term stability, with a relatively friendly and democratic Iraqi regime which can act as an ally in GWOT. There will not be a Waterloo or Appomattox for al-Qaeda; slowly but surely we will witness lower casualty rates amongst Coalition forces and Iraqi civilians, a reduction in IED attacks, a return to normalcy. When we achieve our objectives, the results will be tangible in the form of pie charts and statistics as opposed to peace treaties.
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yes and it will rain daisy petals and happiness too... if those were the goals, how did we make things better by giving iran more influence in the region? if fighting terrorrism was the objective why did we sidestep afghanistan? we sure showed those iraqis for what the saudis did...