# Why are we still in Iraq?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-still-in-iraq/368149>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 10, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-still-in-iraq/368149 "2006-08-10T14:07:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-still-in-iraq/368149/101 "2006-08-13T03:14:38Z")

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> [@Master Wang-Ka](#):
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> But then, I tell myself my favorite aphorism, “Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.”

But remember the corrolary: “never fail to attribute to malice that which cannot be adequately explained by stupidity”.

I work for the government. In a maximum security prison. I now truly grok both stupidity and malice.

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**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-still-in-iraq/368149/102 "2006-08-13T06:40:29Z")

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Bush II: The malice presidency?

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-still-in-iraq/368149/103 "2006-08-13T06:50:28Z")

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Malice Through The Looking Glass

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-still-in-iraq/368149/104 "2006-08-13T13:17:36Z")

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Remember malice? It’s a song about malice.

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-still-in-iraq/368149/105 "2006-08-13T21:48:35Z")

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Go ask malice; when it’s ten feet tall…

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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-still-in-iraq/368149/106 "2006-08-14T13:07:53Z")

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Now I know what they’ll call the movie about Bush: _Malice in Blunderland._

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**Author:** ![George\_Kaplin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@George\_Kaplin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/George_Kaplin)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-we-still-in-iraq/368149/107 "2006-08-14T13:35:15Z")

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Malice? What the fuck is mailce?

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