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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1194553" data-attributes="member: 14668">Those who try to compare what Obama is doing with Syria to what Bush did in Iraq are missing the whole point.Bush used faulty/fabricated evidence to mount a full-scale invasion of a country, with the stated intention of removing the leader of that country from power and installing a democracy. Thousands of Americans died, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis died, tens of billions of dollars were spent, and the result is a nation that is arguably in worse condition now than it was prior to our invasion.Obama has stated repeatedly that he has no intention of putting troops on the ground or effecting any sort of &quot;regime change&quot; in Syria. Our stated goal is to use cruise missile strikes to punish a leader who (supposedly) used nerve gas on his own people in violation of international law. There is a big difference between cruise missile strikes and a full-scale invasion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1194553, member: 14668"] Those who try to compare what Obama is doing with Syria to what Bush did in Iraq are missing the whole point. Bush used faulty/fabricated evidence to mount a full-scale [I]invasion[/I] of a country, with the stated intention of removing the leader of that country from power and installing a democracy. Thousands of Americans died, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis died, tens of billions of dollars were spent, and the result is a nation that is arguably in worse condition now than it was prior to our invasion. Obama has stated repeatedly that he has [I]no[/I] intention of putting troops on the ground or effecting any sort of "regime change" in Syria. Our stated goal is to use cruise missile strikes to punish a leader who (supposedly) used nerve gas on his own people in violation of international law. There is a [I]big[/I] difference between cruise missile strikes and a full-scale invasion. [/QUOTE]

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