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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: LindyBill who wrote (14340)10/29/2003 11:15:40 PM
From: Sam   of 793868
 
The debacle could have been avoided. The clash with the IGC was entirely predictable. The fact that Washington seems to have been taken by surprise by the vehemence of the Iraqis’ opposition suggests that the US should spend more time evaluating the realities on the ground, instead of trying to bend them to fit a view of reality that exists only in the optimistic imaginations of Beltway policymakers.

I couldn't believe not only that we pushed Turkey to send troops, we bribed them to send troops, and we expected the Iraqis to be happy about it!

Surely this incident alone should make supporters of this administration just a little skeptical about whether the people over there have even a little clue about what the Iraqis are about, and what is really going on in Iraq. They couldn't even figure out a simple thing like this, but they somehow expect people to believe them about other things?
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