tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post2121878407909897352..comments2024-03-25T06:39:42.081-04:00Comments on Bonfire of the Vanities: The collapse of IraqFr Martin Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-26495953566964980412014-06-13T21:07:41.405-04:002014-06-13T21:07:41.405-04:00David:
I don't agree with part of what you sa...David:<br /><br />I don't agree with part of what you said: "people who did not appreciate it."<br /><br />My impression is that lots of Iraqis did appreciate what Americans did for them. But, as so often is the case, they don't call the shots.Fr Martin Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-49684660336276692662014-06-13T18:08:03.223-04:002014-06-13T18:08:03.223-04:00That war was a waste of energy and of American man...That war was a waste of energy and of American manpower upon a people who did not appreciate it.Deacon David Oatneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895500028831981591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-70097663741891406922014-06-13T07:12:13.266-04:002014-06-13T07:12:13.266-04:00I don't think that there is a way to "mak...I don't think that there is a way to "make it work."<br /><br />Some problems cannot be solved. We Americans tend to believe otherwise. I think we are incapable of understanding the mindset we're up against in the Jihadis.<br /><br />My <a href="http://shoutingthomas.typepad.com/harleys_cars_girls_guitar/2014/06/middle-east-nobody-knows-the-fix.html" rel="nofollow">thoughts on this subject</a>.Shouting Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09813058890609756982noreply@blogger.com