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Originally posted by Johny Traffic
This conflict could have turned out in so many different ways. Infact I think that the way it has turned out is probably how the US admin thought it would. But they are not going to say that because it would be to unpopular.
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Bush now calls his failure to plan for anything following the fall of Iraqs government a "miscalculation". As usual, he had the photo-op of Saddams statue being town down nicely arranged, but that is where the credits roll in his mind.
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Originally posted by Johny Traffic
You also have to remember that here in the U.K we have a different opinion on the war, for me the choice wasnt only whether the war was right or wrong. The choice for me (and us as a country at whole) was wheather we should go along with the USA even if they may have been wrong. This is where it differs for us, because I belive like many others here in the U.K that we had and still have a moral obligation to the U.S and that we should stand by their side at this time.
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Maybe your honerable feelings of obligation should be toward the better interests of America (and 'the west' in general), and not simply to pander to whatever crazy asshole happens to be sitting in the big chair over here.
Unlike too many Americans, I do not believe the U.K. is the USAs lapdog.
You guys probably had the best chance of talking him out of it. I wonder if he would have gone if he really were totally alone? I wonder if we americans would really have allowed him if not for your support? If that's the way you want to phrase it, then IMO you guys let us down. (still not your fault)