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Thread #117126   Message #2748643
Posted By: Sawzaw
20-Oct-09 - 09:08 AM
Thread Name: BS: Why Iraq Was a Mistake, Teribus...
Subject: RE: BS: Why Iraq Was a Mistake, Teribus...
MSNBC:

Joe Biden:, "When the president announced his surge, I made the case that he should be surging in Afghanistan, not in Iraq. Chris [Matthews], I know you know a lot about this. Imagine if we fail in Afghanistan.

What that will mean is Musharraf will cut even a closer deal with al Qaeda and with the Taliban, and if he doesn't, he puts himself in the position of being overthrown more than he is now. That is a radicalized country. It has nuclear weapons and it will be a disaster.

If there was a totally just war since World War II, it is the war in Afghanistan, and we are not—we are not—dealing with it properly. We have diverted resources to Iraq from the beginning. And if anything, we should be increasing resources in Afghanistan which I called for three months ago. "