Comments on: Fighting al Qaeda in Iraq http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/fighting_al_qaeda_in_iraq/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:18:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tlaloc http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/fighting_al_qaeda_in_iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-132744 Tlaloc Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:33:11 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/06/fighting_al_qaeda_in_iraq/#comment-132744 <blockquote>Of course, as we’ve seen many times in the past, arming the enemy of our enemy can backfire down the road</blockquote> It's our favorite mistake, one we seem intent on making at least every other decade. History would be a lot more interesting if it wasn't so tediously repetitive. I mean really, can't we try to $#%^ up in a new way just once in a while?

Of course, as we’ve seen many times in the past, arming the enemy of our enemy can backfire down the road

It's our favorite mistake, one we seem intent on making at least every other decade. History would be a lot more interesting if it wasn't so tediously repetitive.

I mean really, can't we try to $#%^ up in a new way just once in a while?

]]> By: Anderson http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/fighting_al_qaeda_in_iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-132736 Anderson Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:09:19 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/06/fighting_al_qaeda_in_iraq/#comment-132736 The Sunni-arming thing sounds so intuitively crazy that it's hard to see how it could have good results in the long run. I doubt however that "the long run" is the concern of many American leaders now. The Sunni-arming thing sounds so intuitively crazy that it's hard to see how it could have good results in the long run. I doubt however that "the long run" is the concern of many American leaders now.

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