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  •  Budget for 190+ nation-citizens? (none / 0)

    This is the kind of liberal fantasyland that the neocons have bastardized into the pre-emptive nation building yarn.

    Let's go around the world and count how many of the 190+ "nations" around the world are not well-behaved nation citizens.

    Then subtract from the US national budget and find out how far in the negative we go.

    One year+ of Iraq already has us down by what quarter of a trillion, half a trillion?

    by subodhatal on Tue Apr 20, 2004 at 02:30:05 PM PDT

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    •  well... (none / 0)

      I opposed the invasion to begin with because Iraq wasn't a real problem for us then.  I am just saying that, given the situation today, it will be a problem for us if we leave.  Unlike some African nations, a failed state in Iraq isn't just bad for Iraq's citizens.  It's bad for us too.

      We win when people think.

      by jbrians on Tue Apr 20, 2004 at 03:27:07 PM PDT

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