From: "Mark" 

Well, maybe it won't work out in the long run. Cutting and running now well
help ensure that outcome in a shorter term.

"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
news:45ca0349{at}w3.nls.net...
> Mark wrote:
>> "John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>> news:hkqjs2tur9vmkjoougeopsgf16ubkfm0sn{at}4ax.com...
>>> On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 17:36:54 -0500, "Mark"
 wrote:
>>>
>>>> "John Cuccia"  wrote
:Are you willing yet to
>>>> describe
>>>> what you feel
>>>>> would be a desirable outcome of our invasion of Iraq? 
You've said for
>>>>> years that things "have to" work out there,
without once defining
>>>>> what that means.
>>>> The basics are already in place.
>>> The basics for what?  That's what I'd like to know, and that's what
>>> you haven't been able to answer.
>>
>> The basics for a democratic government:
>
> We left Iraq in the 50'es as a democratic constitutional monarchy,
> Zimbabwe, Burma, Pakistan, Fiji etc as  democratic republics etc.
>
> In fact let's not look at how many African countries were left as
> democracies & then......
>
> What we have managed to do is to train an Iraqi mil with a keen interest
> in power & internal security which is not usually a positive factor.
>
> Adam

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