tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post5069984278979605325..comments2023-10-31T05:07:19.353-04:00Comments on Delenda est Carthago: Who's Side?Dr. Φhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-11349351495824687782014-04-07T21:28:15.464-04:002014-04-07T21:28:15.464-04:00There was a point a few years back when I thought ...There was a point a few years back when I thought that the marginal cost of keeping Iraq in our column might be low enough going forward to make it worth it.Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-58789793091490204302014-04-06T22:58:31.492-04:002014-04-06T22:58:31.492-04:00I would suggest that Iraq, in particular, is only ...I would suggest that Iraq, in particular, is only a "grinding dead end conflict" because President Obama chose to make it so. We were succeeding quite nicely there under the previous president and it could easily be argued that the failure is because we left too soon, before the Iraqis were prepared to fight the long battle on their own. Afghanistan otoh has long been known as the "graveyard of empires" and there is no indication that we were winning versus maintaining a truce that would last until we left, no matter how far in the future that was.heresolonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00461382067580153600noreply@blogger.com