From an Howard Dean speech in 2003:

[kentuck]

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From a Dean speech in 2003:

"We have been told little about what the risks will be if we do go to war.

If we go to war, I certainly hope the Administration's assumptions are realized, and the conflict is swift, successful and clean. I certainly hope our armed forces will be welcomed like heroes and liberators in the streets of Baghdad.

I certainly hope Iraq emerges from the war stable, united and democratic.

I certainly hope terrorists around the world conclude it is a mistake to defy America and cease, thereafter, to be terrorists.

It is possible, however, that events could go differently, . . . .

Iraq is a divided country, with Sunni, Shia and Kurdish factions that share both bitter rivalries and access to large quantities of arms.

Anti-American feelings will surely be inflamed among the misguided who choose to see an assault on Iraq as an attack on Islam, or as a means of controlling Iraqi oil.

And last week's tape by Osama bin Laden tells us that our enemies will seek relentlessly to transform a war into a tool for inspiring and recruiting more terrorists.

There are other risks. Iraq is a divided country, with Sunni, Shia and Kurdish factions that share both bitter rivalries and access to large quantities of arms."


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[Jeffersons Ghost]

1. what we do in Iraq breeds terrorism

What we might do in Iran could spell doom on a very large scale, depending on how fragile the environment truly is, as suggested by major planetary ice melts. A few nukes in Iran could trigger or expedite catastrophic events. Anyone still up for some Alaska drilling? I mean who cares about the environment when there's wars to be fought and money to be made.

[Capn Sunshine]

2. and there is no joy in "told you so"

it's just that we all saw this coming down the frikkin' highway for MILES.