SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: FaultLine who wrote (123710)1/26/2004 10:43:08 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Having read a number of Iraqi bloggers, including Salam Pax and Riverbend, spouting a line that goes something like this, "you (United States) broke it, you fix it," I hold little hope that they're actually going to get off their asses and do something to improve their own country.

Perhaps this is the down side of believing that "it's all about oil" - when we actually hand the country over to the people who are working towards setting up a new government, and say "goodbye and good luck," maybe then they'll finally believe otherwise, but I honestly fear it will be too late.

In other words, they can't imagine that we'd actually leave them to Chalabi and the Shia Mullahs. I wish it weren't true myself, but what alternative are the educated but disaffected Iraqis presenting?
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News