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	Name:	lotowner -
	Subject:	So Now that Operation Iraqi Freedom is over
	Date:	9/1/2010 8:32:47 AM

Nation Building was the proper thing to do after WWII. However, we did not start this non military effort until after the enemy had been totally defeated and the leaders tried by the military and found innocent, imprisoned or executed. Germany and Japan are significant nations of the world today due to these actions by the USA.

Based on current information, going into Iraq for to free Iraq from SH was the wrong position by Bush II. Intelligence was faulty and the intelligence services were not held accountable after it was determined to be faulty. Iraq should have been invaded by Bush I after the military acts against Kuwait. SH had been totally defeated. Consequently, he was able to be a problem years later. The world would have supported this.

I do agree with the military actions in Afghanistan. Rather than turning over some military actions to the Afghans, we should have totally obliterated the Taliban and Al Qaeda when we had them surrounded in the mountains. As a result of these decisions by civilians, OBL and other Taliban leaders escaped.