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To: bentway who wrote (208478)	11/15/2006 10:15:04 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Sorry Elroy, but just as Vietnam is today regarded as a MASSIVE foreign policy blunder of the Unitied States, the blame for which falls on the "deciders" of the time, LBJ and then Nixon, Iraq will be regarded the same way. We were talking about Iraq, not the US's contribution to the situation in Iraq. The US can leave Iraq any day, and whether Iraq is then a success or failure will be up the people of Iraq. Regime removal was a rapid, complete success in Iraq. The post-regime change activity has obviously not worked out. The eventual success or failure of the country depends on whoever stays there once the US leaves - they're the stakeholders, not the USA. I would say Vietnam today is an early stage success story - their economy has been improving tremendously since the adoption of capitalism by their government. What Vietnam would look like today if their had been zero US involvement from the mid-1950's on is anyone's guess - they might have turned out like Singapore or might have turned out like North Koea, I don't know...

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