Who will be the next President of the United States?

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Originally Posted by dean_acheson

There is still a large chunk of folks who remember that certain things happened on 9/11 and it was hoped/believed that the destruction of Al Queada and the creation of function republican govenment in that part of the world (besides Isreal) might create a degree of stability that would preclude the spread of terror engendered by the the fundamentalist governments.

Now you can disagree with that, but that was the basis of US policy in the region.

If Iraq ends as a stable, moderate, republican government, it was worth the blood, treasure, and time. It will mean that SOMETHING positive came out of 9/11.

These could have been exactly my words .. in 2003.

I had a lot of arguments with other germans at the time, when I took the position that our politicians are all opportunists and they have no ****ing clue whats going on in the world.

Today I find it, with respect, unbelieveable that people still believe in it.