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Old 10-06-2008, 08:52 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by scaeagles View Post
...Victory....my definition doesn't mean a whole lot in the grand scheme of things.

Establishment of a constitutional democracy (whether parliamentary, direct, representative, whatever) in which the elected government has the capability militarily to protect itself and the people from the overthrow of that government.

This is as far as I am comfortable defining it. Do I hope it goes beyond that? Certainly, in terms of establishing an ally and a US friendly democracy in the region.

Go ahead. Rip it apart. I'm sure it will be.
But, who defines what it takes to meet that goal? And who decides when it has been met? The military? Congress? The Iraqis? The President? The UN? Bush's horoscope? The casting of bones?
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