It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => World/Foreign Affairs => Topic started by: jpatrickham on October 25, 2011, 11:19:58 AM
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By George Friedman
October 25, 2011
"In a week when the European crisis continued building, the White House chose publicly to focus on announcements about the end of wars. The death of Moammar Gadhafi was said to mark the end of the war in Libya, and excitement about a new democratic Libya abounded. In Iraq, the White House transformed the refusal of the Iraqi government to permit U.S. troops to remain into a decision by Washington instead of an Iraqi rebuff.
Though in both cases, there was an identical sense of “mission accomplished,” the matter was not nearly as clear-cut. The withdrawal from Iraq creates enormous strategic complexities rather than closure. While the complexities in Libya are real, but hardly strategic, the two events share certain characteristics and are instructive."
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http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20111024-libya-and-iraq-price-success?utm_source=freelist-f&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20111025&utm_term=gweekly&utm_content=readmore&elq=d0458b6a39c243968d605d8fa6de5017
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Linky link?
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Linky link?
Looky, looky! ::thumbsup::
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I did! I did!
Nice littel mess Duh wun created, and all of the possible outcomes all contain vipers that can bite us and none look good for Israel.
::gaah::
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I did! I did!
Nice little mess Duh wun created, and all of the possible outcomes all contain vipers that can bite us and none look good for Israel.
::gaah::
I believe Obama has a list, and that list he is sticking to like a glove. Destruction of the American Economy, Social Justice System, Religious Freedom, Military, and the complete and utter destruction of Israel. I would say so far, he is ahead of the game. America, and especially Americans, are asleep at the switch! If this was anytime other than this time and space, Barack Obama would be dead or in Federal Prison! ::falldownshocked::