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Originally Posted by nailer
Our desire to replace the Syrian Baathist regime with a secular Arab democracy predates the current administration. In the spring/summer of 2004 I was working on a reconstitution of OIF units report . On multiple occasions, after the meeting was over, staff officers expressed concern about a near-term follow-on liberation operation. They weren't hinting at Iran.
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It was always obvious that if Iraq had gone more like it was imagined, it would have become the base for further wished-for operations.
08-08-2014, 11:51 AM
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