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How are you claiming "it worked"? Attacks still rose....
It concerns you less because it refutes your talking point of somehow Iraq was stable and the war was a success.
"It works"? :lamo How did it "work"?
"The report suggests that U.S. foreign policy has played a big role in making the problem worse: "The rise in terrorist activity coincided with the US invasion of Iraq," it concludes. "This created large power vacuums in the country allowing different factions to surface and become violent." After 13 years, 2 wars and trillions in military spending, terrorist attacks are rising sharply - The Washington Post Seems like if you mean creating terrorist activity, then **** the invasion "worked".
"GEN. WESLEY CLARK: I don’t think that keeping a few thousand troops in Iraq would have stopped ISIS. And it wouldn’t have fixed the Iraqi forces. There are deep schisms inside Iraq and they reflect the deep problems and they reflect the problems that really Islam has. They were God’s chosen people, they were the center of civilization for hundreds of years, and three hundred years ago these barbarians from Europe with more money technology and know how and took over the world and Islam has had a hard time coping with that."
Gen. Wesley Clark: Staying Longer In Iraq Wouldn’t Have Made A Difference | Liberaland
The fact is that Iraq was much safer after the surge-one need only look at the number killed-lets be honest thats what matters most. Of course it will piss off terrorists, but they are pissed they can't behead and enslave innocents SO **** THEM.