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In Iraq #1 We Stayed Within U.n. Mandates, Limited Our Response, Went Home After Kuwait Was Freed - And Were Censured For Allowing Shiites And Kurds To Be Butchered And Not Going To Baghdad When The Road Was Open And The Dictator Tottering. In Iraq #2 We Removed The Tyrant At Less Cost Than The Liberation Of Kuwait During The Earlier War, Stayed On To Ensure Freedom And Fair Representation For Various Groups - And Are Being Castigated For Either Using Too Little Force To Ensure Needed Order Or Too Much Power That Stifles Indigenous Aspirations And Turns Popular Opinion Against Us.
-Victor Davis Hanson
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In Iraq #1 We Stayed Within U.n.

Victor Davis Hanson
In Iraq #1 We Stayed Within U.n. Mandates, Limited Our Response, Went Home After Kuwait Was Freed - And Were Censured For Allowing Shiites And Kurds To Be Butchered And Not Going To Baghdad When The Road Was Open And The Dictator Tottering. In Iraq #2 We Removed The Tyrant At Less Cost Than The Liberation Of Kuwait During The Earlier War, Stayed On To Ensure Freedom And Fair Representation For Various Groups - And Are Being Castigated For Either Using Too Little Force To Ensure Needed Order Or Too Much Power That Stifles Indigenous Aspirations And Turns Popular Opinion Against Us.
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