"Terrorism, state sponsor for many years, no question about it; but responsible for acts against the U.S., responsible for the '93 twin towers, for Oklahoma City, for al Qaeda support, hosting Osama bin Laden, giving terrorists WMD to use against us - I don't think so. "
I totally agree with the above, and much of what else she has to say, but not all.
"Concluding, and finally, Iraq is a complex society. It's impossible to determine how important a role individual elements - the Kurds, Arabs, Sunnis, Shia, tribes, townies (sp), women, whatever - or even the U.S. will play in shaping its future. Chas is right, it has to be their choice not ours. They will resent any imposition of a government, and rightly so. They will view the U.S. - both Iraqis and their neighbors view us with great suspicion; uncertain what our goals are, what our priorities are, and whether we will be there long enough to see them through, to see them completed. And it seems to me that we need the fullness of time, I think is the Koranic expression, to realize that."
I agree that their future is theirs (and I wish other people realized that)- I'm just not sure what she thinks we are going to "see them through". I do not think it will be possible to "see them through" to our goal (a government that looks like ours)- I think we will stay, until it gets too uncomfortable to stay, and then we will leave, or try to turn the mess over to the UN. Maybe we'll be wildly more successful than that- I certainly don't have a crystal ball, but then, I know no one else has one either. |
