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Originally Posted by allus70
"The war in Iraq was lost as it started. There was no way for America to win it , whether the troops stayed forever or not. The forces bubbling inside Iraq might have been contained a bit, or a bit longer, but that’s about all that could have been expected. Much of the general chaos throughout the Middle East now is related to the U.S. invasion of Iraq and how that upset multiple balances of power and uneasy relationships. The Iraq War will be seen as one of the most significant foreign policy failures of recent American history. That too is inevitable."
Peter Van Buren is a 24-year veteran of the State Department and spent a year in Iraq.
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As a student of history and politics, I would be interested if you could supply a link to your cut and paste
I certainly know who Peter Van Buren is...rather infamous but wanting to read up on this particular item
Thanks !!!
PS....For those who do not know of Mr Van Buren, he was fired by the Obama State Department for leaking documents, etc. Very critical of this administration for killing by drones. etc. He spent one year in Iraq...I think in 2010 !!!