<Bottom line, the US got itself into an untenable situation and a cannot-win fight. It has two choices at the end of every day, withdraw, setting of a global panic due to planet-wide realization that the King has no clothing and the sheriff is out of town, or persevere until the end of next day, until the days run out. I suspect the financial market has not taken full account of the current quagmire and eventual debacle.
Maurice will, and I will do it for him, respond … ‘oh Jay, don’t be an alarmist, Iraq is just a few million folks out of 6 billion CDMA light-sabre waving wannabies’.>
Thanks Jay. Precisely. You summarized my Xmas message perfectly. Down with Armageddon say I. 666? Mythology. Bring on the light sabres so 2005 can be launched with peace, light, harmony, happiness, health, prosperity, longevity, fun and love.
Don't forget the USA was whupped in Vietnam and that wasn't the end of the world. It wasn't even much of a glitch, for the USA and the rest of the world, though the Vietnamese could have enjoyed South Korean/Singapore/Taiwan type progress, and even CDMA galore by now, if the USA had won. If the USA simply abandons Iraq, it wouldn't be such a bad thing for the USA and the King wouldn't be looking all that naked. There has been a LOT of shock and awe. Not many political power holders around the world would like a reprise in their neck of the woods with their necks on the line. They have watched Milosevic and Saddam and will keep their heads down to avoid such an outcome for themselves.
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