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Originally Posted by Chi-Town
And not a "coalition of the willing" from 2003. It ended up being just us. And what a tragedy it was for us then but hopefully not now. Cooler heads and an actual thought process is called for.
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Will not disagree...just point out the following....
1. In 2003 our goal was invasion with a regime overthrow. Our goal now is not even close to the same. In 2003 it was aimed at a country. Our goal now is aimed at a MOVEMENT in several countries. In 2003, the war could be measured by land, etc. Our measurement now....well, stated destruction of ISIS.
So there are quite a few differences in the two thus they require different planning.
2. We are now playing catch up with our stated goals. We took a pass a few years ago, so we start against a much stronger foe. We will surprise nobody.
So I see very little in the comparisons frankly.
The President used Somalia and Yemen as examples and feel free to see how that is going.