# Iraq: more soldiers got killed, what's the next move?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 5, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-more-soldiers-got-killed-whats-the-next-move/238294 "2004-04-05T03:05:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zagadka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zagadka/32/7272_2.png) [@Zagadka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zagadka)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-more-soldiers-got-killed-whats-the-next-move/238294/81 "2004-04-07T23:27:28Z")

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Well, maybe it is just because we’re so blatantly and obviously right? O\_o

Besides, I don’t think any of us evoked the word “hubris.” 😉

The only thing the article left out was the Rep saying that the Dem is a traitor and a terrorist. (That reminds me of Vader. “She is a member of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor. Take her away!”)

> [@](#):
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> Trust me, it’s all going to work out perfect. Nothing bad is going to happen. It’s all under control.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-more-soldiers-got-killed-whats-the-next-move/238294/82 "2004-04-07T23:31:06Z")

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> [@SimonX](#):
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> Look at Mr. Wayne for example.

Hmm, a long term shortage of Batcaves in Iraq?  
I forsee an opportunity for profit here.

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**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-more-soldiers-got-killed-whats-the-next-move/238294/83 "2004-04-08T02:26:40Z")

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[QUOTE=RTFirefly]  
I think even _Reagan_ had a more sophisticated worldview.

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Sob.

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**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-more-soldiers-got-killed-whats-the-next-move/238294/84 "2004-04-08T11:07:25Z")

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> [@elucidator](#):
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> Fellow Dopers, we’ve been plundered. Exploited by that scurillous temple of deliberate hokum, _The Onion_. If you read the link, you will have no doubt that a form of plagiarism is afoot here.
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> [http://www.theonion.com/onion3911/pt\_the\_war\_on\_iraq.html](http://www.theonion.com/onion3911/pt_the_war_on_iraq.html)

Deja vu. I remember being mystified in a thread a bit over a year ago by the general consensus among war hawks and even some doves that this war was “the most intensively debated” military action in US history. Now I realize what sort of debate they meant.

[python]  
“Look, I came here for an argument…”  
“Oh, oh I’m sorry, but this is abuse.”  
[/python]

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