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minus-squareVoroxpete@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoYou need to look at what they’re actually saying, not what you think they’re saying. 3abas is completely correct when they say that - in terms of their immediate, short term, strategic goals - the US got what they were after in Iraq. Whether or not those goals were moral, or desirable, or beneficial, are not the questions that were being addressed. If I say “That car is red” why would you reply with “No, it’s a Ford”?
You need to look at what they’re actually saying, not what you think they’re saying.
3abas is completely correct when they say that - in terms of their immediate, short term, strategic goals - the US got what they were after in Iraq.
Whether or not those goals were moral, or desirable, or beneficial, are not the questions that were being addressed.
If I say “That car is red” why would you reply with “No, it’s a Ford”?