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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
I do too.
The Iraqis who oppose Allawi and/or his rule don't need any statements by Kerry or other Democrats to make them think he's a U.S. puppet. Yet, Bush has used him shamelessly.
[Stuff about Allawi and Bush]
S_A_M
P.S. We'll see how all of this works out. To me, the handling of the current process -- particularly the rumored plans by both parties to have the U.S. out of Iraq next year no matter what -- brings disturbing historial echoes. No one is using the term "Iraqi-ization" yet -- but are we sure Allawi isn't really named Dinh?
To avoid a similarly bad result, we need much more money delivered and spent for reconstruction (recall Sen. Lugar's comments on the adminsitration's "incompetence" in that regard) -- which we may provide -- as well as (probably) more troops that we will never provide.
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Apologies for not recognizing your family members. So somehow it doesn't surprise me that now the two posters here who seem to have relatives on the ground are each people who have been shaking their head at the conduct of this war.
I note that a deep underlying problem of this administration is their myopia. With Bush in power, we will only help build a stable long term government there by accident - because we will keep making decisions to put US interests above those of the Iraqis, which will lead to undermining the government we are trying to support. The handling of construction contracts is another area where, if done correctly, we could have been playing a major role in building up Iraqi businesses and the middle class, but as done now, we are mainly building up the coffers of foreign contractors like Halliburton.
I know - we fought the war, we deserve the spoils. And with that attitude, we will end up having to fight another war down the road.
