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He could have quoted his predecessor, George W Bush, who described it in 2004 as a “catastrophic success”.
Iraq validated Bin Laden’s narrative that the United States was at war with Islam. Wannabe holy warriors flocked to Iraq from across the Islamic world to join in jihad. The anger was manifest in ripple attacks in London, Madrid and elsewhere- Moncler Outlet .
The clear winner following the Iraq invasion was Iran. Without Iraq as a counterweight, Iran is far more assertive now, even though the potential transformation of the region has put Iran on the defensive- Moncler sale .
Iraq is not now an Iranian client state, but the Iraqi prime minister’s reluctance to intervene in Syria demonstrates that the fragile Maliki government is going to pick its battles with neighbours carefully, leaving room for Iranian mischief at US expense.
Having declared there would be no distinction between the actual terrorists and those who support them, calculations shifted.
The unknown trumped the known, and the push to Baghdad was underway.
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