From: AntEGM111@aol.com   
      
   On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 12:21:58 -0600, "Adam Corolla"   
    wrote:   
      
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   >""Chris ®""  wrote in message   
   >news:13660-454ABB54-1982@storefull-3132.bay.webtv.net...   
   >> >Our military victory in Iraq? WHAT   
   >>>military victory in Iraq?   
   >>   
   >> The one assured when our troops pulled Saddam from that spider hole. The   
   >> whole point of launching the war was regime change.   
   >   
   >   
   >Not exactly, but you're close.  The point of the war was to change the   
   >regime to one *which is more favorable to the US*, and by that I mean a   
   >government that won't be destabilizing the region, causing the cost of oil   
   >to rise and possibly starting a third world war.  That victory is not   
   >assured until it is achieved.  Ousting Saddam was nothing.  Hell, Italy   
   >could have done it.  The hard part is instilling a regime that's strong   
   >enough not to fall apart or be ousted by a radical one, yet free enough that   
   >we're not just trading one totalitarian regime with another.  Until then,   
   >the US government will have to continue to spend hundreds of billions more   
   >money than they take in each year in order to maintain control over there.   
   >Unfortunately, credit is not an unlimited source of income.   
   >   
      
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