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2003: Mission accomplished?

March 18, 2013 10:29 PM

Word that U.S. forces believed they had captured Saddam Hussein -- who had been holed up in a cellar near Tikrit -- was given to the president by then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Lesley Stahl interviewed Rumsfeld on what it meant for the future of the American presence in Iraq.

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by brasileira2 March 19, 2013 4:29 PM EDT
I agree with freewillybird and UForgotPoland.
USA was put on Mr. Bush's hands to play with, and what an expensive toy that became...
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by freewillybird March 19, 2013 4:34 AM EDT
Stupid war, except if you were a Halliburton shareholder. No weapons, people not really liberated, etc. And the US cannot not afford it. And the physically and mentally wounded vets will be a drag on our society and their own families for the rest of their lives. Thanks a lot, Don Rumsfeld.
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by UForgotPoland March 19, 2013 2:54 AM EDT
Biggest foreign policy disaster since Vietnam!
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