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Because that is what it is. The Americans wanted a swift, victorious war and a nice neo-colonial puppet. They blew it. For a variety of more or less obvious reasons, starting with the fact that they knew nothing and cared even less about the internal political structure of Iraqi society.

On Iraq, it's time to pull out.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri Jun 6th, 2008 at 06:45:43 AM EST
... that the Coalition of the Quislings should be called upon to do is pony up some war reparations. Well, that and comply with extradition requests from the Hague.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri Jun 6th, 2008 at 06:49:37 AM EST
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