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Strolls writes "Although the article itself doesn't seem quite as exciting or newsworthy, this headline from Reuters amused me mightily. Reuters' summary is here and here's the original survey by Pew Internet and American Life Project." From the article: "Internet users from 12 to 17 years old say e-mail is best for talking to parents or institutions, but they are more likely to fire up IM when talking with each other, the nonprofit Pew Internet and American Life Project found. E-mail is still used by 90 percent of online teens. But the survey found greater enthusiasm for instant messaging."
You really went offtopic.
The fact is that we did win within a few days. Remember the "Mission Accomplished" speach? The problem is that we released almost all of Saddam's army, didn't guard the weapons depots, and didn't seal the borders. So, anyone could come across the borders, get a gun, find whatever remnants of Saddam's army is left and join the fight. Now we have our own terrorist breeding ground, all thanks to George Bush.
The problem is that the administration didn't plan past a few days. If you want to blame anyone for a short attention span, blame the administration.
"Now, they're trying to make us think we've failed in Iraq because there are still some die-hard insurgents and foreign mercenaries giving trouble."
erm this is kind of a crazy example you have given. wish you picked something less clouded. I believe that most people think that the US has failed in iraq because
1) people are dying enmasse every day
2) The US military cares more about policing then delivering humanitarian aid
3) bush and blair lied to invade the country.
4) the administration is blinded as to why a violent occupation is being rebelled against. this has gotten to a point where as you say, the people responsible for the attacks against coalition forces need to be labled "insurgents, terrorists, and foreigners" instead of "citizens" and people of iraq.
If someone came into your country and started trying to run the show, with the humanitarian apathy of the US govt, I think you might just pick up some stones to throw as well. The problem with the invasion of iraq is that it was irresponsible, had no exit strategy, and when being informed about the war in the buildup, it was expressly stated that the war would be short and have very few american casualties.
Kids, like most other people, dont like being lied to.
I'll just use my special getting high powers one more time...
I believe that most people think that the US has failed in iraq
Most people are idiots, and think that we went into Iraq because of 9/11.
Contrary to popular believe, the war in Iraq was a complete and total success.
1) It was/is a war, so all of the defense people get their money. 180+ billion of our tax dollars were spent. I know of no other way to spontaneously spend that much money unless everybody thinks its OK so "we wont get attacked".
2) Iraq will not switch their base oil trade currency from the dollar to the euro. So inflation is check for a while so long as our dollars are spread far and wide.