But the surge was a success and the elections embraced and represented the will of the Iraqi people.
The worst of the Sunni resistance groups to be sure, but its representative of a discontent and marginalization in a slow burn since the 1980's.
We bitched about Assad's sham elections, but the ones we forced in Iraq were no less a failure. Not that anyone who advocated these policies seems to have any capability for introspection and realization.
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The worst of the Sunni resistance groups to be sure, but its representative of a discontent and marginalization in a slow burn since the 1980's.
We bitched about Assad's sham elections, but the ones we forced in Iraq were no less a failure. Not that anyone who advocated these policies seems to have any capability for introspection and realization.