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Re:Remote war is bad war by goodcanadian on Thursday October 10, 2019 @04:35PM (#21218882)
When George W. Bush did his infamous "Mission Accomplished" stunt,[1] he was sort of right. The "war" had been won. The trouble was that there was no plan for what to do next. The occupation was managed poorly and the insurgency had a chance to grow turning what really was a quick victory into a protracted "war."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Accomplished_speech

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Re:Remote war is bad war by agapon on Thursday October 10, 2019 @05:06PM (#21219178)
Of course, the real root cause of many subsequent troubles and years of war is that there was no reason to attack, even less invade, either Iraq or Afghanistan after 9/11. GWB just had to do something to show that he protects Americans and retaliates against enemies. So, he did that. And it was a big mistake on many levels.
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Re:Remote war is bad war by AnimalMuppet on Thursday October 10, 2019 @05:10PM (#21219209)
Iraq? Perhaps not. But Afghanistan was sheltering Osama Bin Laden, and would not hand him over (or even expel him). Leaving him free to operate after 9/11 did not look like a good option.
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Re:Remote war is bad war by austincheney on Thursday October 10, 2019 @06:07PM (#21219670)
You can argue the supposed need of invasion either way. That had no bearing on why it took long though.
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Re:Remote war is bad war by taejo on Friday October 11, 2019 @04:22AM (#21222484)
America won the war, but lost the peace
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