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12-08-2006, 09:41 AM
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 | Exalted Member | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Nomindsland
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Yes, yes. The war in Iraq has been a World War since it started. At least according to Bush and Blair.  Hence the backslapping and the bonding.
But back to the point: The US can't cut and run. Period. The horrendous social and mental backlash to US society in the aftermath of Vietnam is still such a festering open wound that backing out is not an option, especially not for the neocons. So now they need to invent new boogeymen to keep the conflict going. It's either win the war, or vanish completely as a political force for another 20 years, after which the public will have forgotten again. The one thing that keeps me up at night is the nightmare scenario, however unlikely, in which they actually manage to pull it off. 
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