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This is not about Iraq, but you will be answered...
Yes. Iraq is in the hands of Iraqis and what ever remains from our forces are advisors only. Much the same as every nation we have been in since World War II. The war was won a long time ago and their fate is in their own hands. Success or failure is up to them. Our mission is complete. Of course, if they fail, you will rage about our failure as if we should have stayed indefinately to hold their hands. You will have Iraq a failure no matter what so why am I bothering?
This war is an example of nothing of the kind and if this is all you have to go on when defining extreme nationalism than you have missed the boat. There were no concentration camps, no ethnic slaughter, no new dictator, and and no intent to conquer and remain. From the beginning the mission was clear enough (to the honest of us) and now we are gone in accordance to our own agenda. We did not have to be forced out and we did not have to answer to any war crime behavior. Our "extreme" nationalism watched Iraqis freely vote on the laws that would govern them and then in elections. There are many examples in history of what cultures outside the U.S. do with their power and extreme nationalism. Perhaps you should look into them and then place the U.S. into perspective. But that wouldn't fit your expressed agenda, right?
So do you have any real evidence of extreme nationalism being a force for negativity and evil on behalf of America? I remind you that extreme nationalism motivated this country against the Germans and the Japanese. Other than grabbing at straws and seeking to exaggerate exceptions, you have none. Extreme nationalism from America has been historically positive for the world. And you are being foolish if you still pretend that Iraq's future success hasn't anything to do with the entire region's health.
The most powerful country on the planet attacked one of the weakest, and we still have thousands of troops there to prevent rebellion and protect the oil. Does that mean we won?
Yes. Iraq is in the hands of Iraqis and what ever remains from our forces are advisors only. Much the same as every nation we have been in since World War II. The war was won a long time ago and their fate is in their own hands. Success or failure is up to them. Our mission is complete. Of course, if they fail, you will rage about our failure as if we should have stayed indefinately to hold their hands. You will have Iraq a failure no matter what so why am I bothering?
This war is one of the best examples of why extreme nationalism is not a good thing.
This war is an example of nothing of the kind and if this is all you have to go on when defining extreme nationalism than you have missed the boat. There were no concentration camps, no ethnic slaughter, no new dictator, and and no intent to conquer and remain. From the beginning the mission was clear enough (to the honest of us) and now we are gone in accordance to our own agenda. We did not have to be forced out and we did not have to answer to any war crime behavior. Our "extreme" nationalism watched Iraqis freely vote on the laws that would govern them and then in elections. There are many examples in history of what cultures outside the U.S. do with their power and extreme nationalism. Perhaps you should look into them and then place the U.S. into perspective. But that wouldn't fit your expressed agenda, right?
So do you have any real evidence of extreme nationalism being a force for negativity and evil on behalf of America? I remind you that extreme nationalism motivated this country against the Germans and the Japanese. Other than grabbing at straws and seeking to exaggerate exceptions, you have none. Extreme nationalism from America has been historically positive for the world. And you are being foolish if you still pretend that Iraq's future success hasn't anything to do with the entire region's health.
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