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Originally posted by grimm@May 30 2005, 03:23 PM
Bush is a very unpopular president. but history will judge whether the middle east actions will be for the betterment of the world. right now all indications are headed in a better direction than they have been in my lifetime, although other factors (such as the lack of yassir arafat) have had as much if not more of an impact on the region than US presence.
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I was really optomistic about the Balkans after the fall of communism, too - and it seemed to work for a couple of years.
I had a terrible sense of deja vu today watching CNN, seeing generals heaping praise on the Iraqi forces going into action today in Operation Whateverthefuck.
We have all been here before ...