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Why would the Marines do that though? The NSA is the ones telling them whose doors to kick down in Iraq and Afghanistan, as opposed to the normal 2006 routine o
by mpyne 13y ago
Why would the Marines do that though? The NSA is the ones telling them whose doors to kick down in Iraq and Afghanistan, as opposed to the normal 2006 routine of getting blown up every convoy by an IED.
- gaius 13y agoProbably not actually; the NSA isn't big on HUMINT. And because no-one wants to win a war against a repressive political ideology and come home to find more of the same?
- saraid216 13y agoKicking in doors: something you'd totally never see in a repressive political ideology.
- jacquesm 13y agoFunny they couldn't tell them Iraq did not have WMD when it mattered.
- mpyne 13y agoI seem to recall that's exactly what the Intelligence Community did tell the Prez, was that the public claims were all out of proportion to what the intel community knew, or even has hints at knowing. But of course Saddam threatened his Poppy and off we went... But just think of the bright side, if we accept as true the claims of those using the Arab Spring erupting from Manning's diplomatic cable leaks, that it's all worth it if we get more democracies in the end, then I suppose all's well that ends well. Mind, I don't personally agree with that but apparently I've been the idiot here the whole time. :)
- jacquesm 13y agoThe 'Arab Spring' is called a bit early in my opinion, chances are that it will be an Autumn. Kicking the first stone of an avalanche downhill is easy but there is no way of knowing when the stones will stop rolling and if the new configuration is a favourable one and what the damage incurred along the way is.