# So how could the US (and Allies) lose the war in Iraq?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-could-the-us-and-allies-lose-the-war-in-iraq/141526>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 9, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-could-the-us-and-allies-lose-the-war-in-iraq/141526 "2002-12-09T15:41:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-could-the-us-and-allies-lose-the-war-in-iraq/141526/21 "2003-03-29T16:06:57Z")

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> \*Originally posted by december \*  
> \*\*FEARLESS PREDICTION: War with Iraq (if it comes) will be won within a week. \*\*

Oops…

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**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-could-the-us-and-allies-lose-the-war-in-iraq/141526/22 "2003-03-29T16:40:23Z")

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Why don’t we drop leaflets on Iraq with cartoons of Saddam cowering behind crowds of women and children trying to hide from the US military? It probably wouldn’t help but it might be worth a chuckle.

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**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-could-the-us-and-allies-lose-the-war-in-iraq/141526/23 "2003-03-29T17:18:27Z")

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**Sock Munkey** , I just saw that very comic flashed on CNN a couple of days ago! Why don’t you fire an e-mail off to the DoD?

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**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-could-the-us-and-allies-lose-the-war-in-iraq/141526/24 "2003-03-29T18:21:01Z")

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Dang! I thought I was being original!

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