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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-19-06 12:39 PM
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Is Hell freezing over? Kissinger: Iraq military win impossible
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061119/ap_on_re_mi_ea/britain_iraq_kissinger

Military victory is no longer possible in Iraq, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said in a television interview broadcast Sunday.

Kissinger presented a bleak vision of Iraq, saying the U.S. government must enter into dialogue with Iraq's regional neighbors — including Iran — if progress is to be made in the region.

"If you mean by 'military victory' an Iraqi government that can be established and whose writ runs across the whole country, that gets the civil war under control and sectarian violence under control in a time period that the political processes of the democracies will support, I don't believe that is possible," he told the British Broadcasting Corp.

But Kissinger, an architect of the Vietnam war who has advised President Bush about Iraq, warned against a rapid withdrawal of coalition troops, saying it could destabilize Iraq's neighbors and cause a long-lasting conflict.


One of scurviest rats of all is now saying Iraq is a no-win scenario, militarily.
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-19-06 12:44 PM
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1. It takes a real genius to point it out now
Thanks, Henry. Weren't you one of the advisors who helped get us into this mess, you evil POS?
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-19-06 12:45 PM
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2. Not to mention his complicity with the bin Laden family
Fucker.


:mad:

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Nite Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-19-06 12:47 PM
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3. Guess your advice wasn't too
good Hank!
Talk about rats leaving a sinking ship...
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Strelnikov_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-19-06 12:47 PM
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4. "Destabilize Iraq's Neighbors"
Meaning Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-19-06 09:52 PM
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5. kick
:kick:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-19-06 10:33 PM
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6. Kick, no shit Sherlock. nt
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-20-06 08:48 AM
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7. Morning shows today talked more of the "TomKat" wedding than Kissinger
:eyes:

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