From: "Mark" 


"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote: ... e.g. an Iraq which can defend
it's sovereignty is one which can defend
> it against all inc the US & do you really want that?

Why not? If we had designs on imperialism we'd just have built permanent
bases from the get-go and started the process of making Iraq the 51st
state. Look we screwed up in Gulf I, we're correcting that error now, in as
light a way as possible which is what is causing a lot of the problems. If
we cut and run now there will be an Iraq III a dozen years hence and it
won't be as pretty as I and II.

It is in their interest to make their fledgling state a success -- let's
hope they're beginning to grasp that in this latest surge effort.

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