From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

John Cuccia wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 20:01:23 -0000, "Phil Payne"
>  wrote:
>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote
in message
>> news:45771c36{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> Afghanistan was going to a major reclamation project no matter what but
>> the
>>> Bushies assumed that when the Taliban retreated into the
mountains all was
>>> won and they should go 'free' Iraq.  They should write a book
'The neocon
>>> guide to f**king up the Middle East'
>> The British could write the preface.
>
> Actually, you guys wrote the book, we've merely added the coda.

Look at how many places in the former empire were left as & are now
democracies. Some fell into mil dictatorship (e.g. Burma, Pakistan) &
some fell into Party dictatorship (most of Africa if only for a time e.g.
Uganda, Kenya)).

Heck the only bit of Somalia doing OK is the former British Somali-land.

The problem was Iraq was never viewed as the colonial venture that it was.
At least now it might be.

Adam

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