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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
 
The following is a comparison of the [[1994 Balkan Intervention]] under [[Bill Clinton]] and the [[2003 Invasion of Iraq]] under [[George W. Bush]].
 
The following is a comparison of the [[1994 Balkan Intervention]] under [[Bill Clinton]] and the [[2003 Invasion of Iraq]] under [[George W. Bush]].
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==Points==
 
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Source: [http://www.davidbrin.com/neocons.html War in the 21st Century] by [[David Brin]]
 
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| BALKANS INTERVENTION || WAR IN IRAQ
 
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| A brutal dictator toppled. || A brutal dictator toppled.
 
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| No American lives lost. || 1000+ American lives lost, and more to come.
 
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| Competent aftermath; rapid economic & social recoveries. || Incompetent aftermath; Iraq falls to resentful ruin.
 
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| A Western Alliance strengthened. || A Western Alliance in shambles.
 
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| Intervention justified on its merits. || Lies, damned lies and Tonkin Gulf-level lies.
 
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| [[US military readiness|Readiness]] levels preserved. || Plummeting [[US military readiness|readiness]]: a military used-up.
 
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| American consensus preserved. || America bitterly divided & weakened.
 
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| World acceptance of US moral leadership increased. || World acceptance of US moral leadership nosedives.
 
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| Credibility & friendships in the Muslim world increased. || Saudi-financed pan-Islamic coalescence into Jihad.
 
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| Success; Europe at peace after 4,000 years. || Failure; we repeat every insanity of Vietnam.
 
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Revision as of 23:23, 7 January 2008

Overview

The following is a comparison of the 1994 Balkan Intervention under Bill Clinton and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq under George W. Bush.

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