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[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

Yes, I know, to some folks on the left, the Afghan campaign consists of a singular event - Tora Bora - and the Iraq war only involved Abu Grahib.

I was reacting to your assertion that Dubya vanquished the Taliban. Tora Bora is simply a quick and concise way to dispel this unfounded notion. AFAIK, the Taliban isn't yet acting like a vanquished foe.

Wow, then a whole bunch of folks, in a whole lot of countries in a whole lot of positions of power with a whole lot of intel resources got snookered. Bush was such a good liar that he must have been approaching the level of genius.

I guess that's what they get for trusting us. Methinks this betrayal of trust is what left our reputation in tatters. BTW, the folks that bought into our argument were dubbed the "Coalition of the Willing." Check the list and tell me which of these have sophisticated foreign intelligence services active in the Mideast (other than our lapdog at the time, the UK) and had access to any meaningful intelligence other than what we spoon fed them:

Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Republic of Macedonia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Palau, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Tonga, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, and Uzbekistan.

For a fellow who likes to portray himself as critical of government incompetence/malfeasance, your role as an apologist for the greatest foreign policy blunder in several generations is a bit puzzling.