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[Row 2, Seat 4] When asked if the war was worth it, Biden answered, “No, I don't think the war was worth it in the sense that we paid a horrible price, not only in loss of life, the way the war was mishandled from the outset, but we took our eye off the ball”¦I think we're handling it very well, the Iraqis are handling it well. And we build on the positive things that the Bush administration had initiated, and we have jettisoned those things that were negative.”

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[RSS News] Government | Biden Touches Down In Baghdad; Will Meet With Unity ...: “At the same time, the United States is stepping up its diplomatic, diplomatic and mercantile rendezvous with Iraq, gap consulates and bend offices via the nation and embarking critical programs to help sight Iraq’s military and law and to erect burly business and investment ties,” the authorized added.

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[ShoeMamas] Isn't it funny how people now throw shoes at politicians thanks to ...: Just had Australia’s ex PM John Howard on a Q and A show on live TV and someone threw shoes at him when talking about the Iraq war. Isn’t pelting spineless war criminals with shoes much more entertaining than shouting at them?

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[Front Row Washington] Training may be the U.S. way out of Afghanistan, but hurdles high ...: Biden made a stop at the Kabul military training center, an expansive site about six miles northeast of the city center, where U.S. forces are teaching members of the Afghan National Army how to be part of a modern military. On 22,000 acres of  bare terrain surrounded by mountains and dotted with cement walls and the ruins of Soviet-era military equipment, Afghan soldiers are learning everything from marksmanship to logistics.

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