On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 01:47:05AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > > > > "Every" US military action since WWII has been a "utter failure" ? The > > first Gulf war (incontrovertibly a resounding success, the argument > > being over whether we should have gone further) > > Failrue, we had to go back a decade later to finish the job. > Yup. You can blame that on your precious UN. Bush's hands were basically tied by a resolution that was written with language only authorizing the liberation of Kuwait, when it should have called for the ouster of Saddam Hussein. > > , the Korean war (not a > > victory, but hardly an utter failure), > > Failure, mission was not accomplished. > Ummm, the mission *was* accomplished. The mission was to prevent the annihilation of South Korea. The UN couldn't push all the way north for fear of real retaliation by China and the USSR. > > the Afghanistan campaign, > > Failure, we've hired warlords to hunt warlords again. Didn't we learn from > working with bin Laden in the first place that you just can't trust > warlords? > > > the efforts in the Balkans have been "utter failures" ? > > I'd hardly call any of the former Soviet-bloc stable. > Seriously, Paul. What fantasy land to do you live in? Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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