The scale of the U.K. effort in post-conflict Iraq never matched the scale of the challenge.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
The City of London has never been known for understanding technology and has never matched Silicon Valley's tradition of knowledgeable investment in technology start-ups, just as the U.K. government has never matched the vast investment made by the U.S. government.
No connection between Iraq and the 9/11 catastrophe.
In war there is no prize for runner-up.
The progress in Iraq has not been without cost.
There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
The Americans have taken the course of confrontation and do not assess their own steps critically at all.
There's no national strategy to deal with combating terrorism and foreign fighters.
There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.
I have never run campaigns based on an ethnic coalition.