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Originally posted by PhishPhreak:
"However, since the war it said that arms proliferation and state-sponsored terrorism has dwindled, with Libya giving up its unconventional weapons programs and Syria becoming "less provocative." "
Libya, Syria, and the like have not been a real threat in years - they were pretty much contained and under control. Like Iraq, they didn't pose an imminent threat to us. If any country was a real clandestine threat, it was Saudi. Lots of reports to back that up.

However, here's the part that I think is important:
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"In counter-terrorism terms, the intervention has arguably focused the energies and resources of al-Qaeda and its followers while diluting those of the global counter-terrorism coalition that appeared so formidable following the Afghanistan intervention in late 2001," the report said.
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We've got to get out of this unilateral cowboy mentality and regain world support. We can't win this war alone, and if that means appeasing our allies, NATO, or the UN in some way, then so be it. The administration's arrogant pride is getting a lot of Americans killed.
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Tent makers for Christie, 2016.