Thread: Syria conflict: IS 'withdraws' from ancient Palmyra

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Originally Posted by Grant

Of course prior to the invasion leftists were saying what a powerful group Saddam's Royal Guard was and the US would have trouble defeating them.Iraqi army is tougher than US believes | World news | The Guardian

Oh for Pete's sake,

The US claims a war against Saddam would be quick. Wrong, says analyst Toby Dodge, the conflict could be long and bloody

To the bolded. So the US says war with Saddam, quick and easy, and an Englishman, Toby Dodge refutes it, and he speaks for all "leftists" !!!!!!!!! What a farce.

Originally Posted by DVSentinel

Read Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.

Oh dear.

Originally Posted by Grant

No one speaks for all Leftists but the Guardian is a left wing media and those sentiments were often echoed in other leftist media as well. Recall "quagmire" and "another Vietnam"?

I only recall conspiracy peddlers suggesting that Hussein had Baghdad ringed in chemical agents or some such **** that was going to ambush the troops.