"Emmanuel.Gustin" wrote:

Stephen Harding wrote:
: Anyways, I personally believe there will be more glory for the
: US doing this ourselves, without significant help from anyone.

You can't. The only ones who can do it are the Iraqis
themselves. Foreign assistance should be strictly that,
assistance.

Oh you're absolutely right there! The Iraqis will eventually decide
what sort of country comes of this.

The issue at hand though, is *which* Iraqis???

Seems "European" policy promotes the old Saddam regime being the ones'
who decide what sort of nation Iraq will be, by its little financial
support, refusal to give the overthrow of the Saddam government any
legitimacy via the UN and pushing for the premature removal of US
troops, all of which will aid the more ruthless former government
elements of the country, that still have a great deal of resources at
their disposal to reestablish themselves in power.

It is US policy that other Iraqi groups have that say.


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