tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12590519.post5810581247533268217..comments2024-02-16T12:51:42.852+00:00Comments on Holyrood Chronicles: Fort ApacheDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02841453685669883035noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12590519.post-5905553668090036932007-08-07T16:12:00.000+01:002007-08-07T16:12:00.000+01:00Wow. I knew it was bad, but (for obvious reasons) ...Wow. I knew it was bad, but (for obvious reasons) had no idea it was that bad.<BR/><BR/>Get the soldiers home and leave them to it I now think. <BR/><BR/>Fucked-upness is a depressingly accurate description it seems.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01485196287282298695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12590519.post-38042660386291831502007-08-07T13:33:00.000+01:002007-08-07T13:33:00.000+01:00The mission, he said, was simply to "get the place...<I>The mission, he said, was simply to "get the place and the people to a state where Iraqis could run this part of the country, if they chose to."</I><BR/><BR/>It's sad that, when offered a golden opportunity, the society of southern Iraq was ultimately unable to avoid going for the Corruption and Crazed Islamic Zealotry option.<BR/>I suspect that no amount of softly-softly approach (cue much Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com