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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: briskit who wrote (209041)11/24/2006 5:08:36 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
". Had Iraquis used the removal of Hussein as an opportunity to form self-rule, as was largely expected, a miraculous emergence in the ME would have happened. "

You need to realize this was an amazingly stupid thing to expect, and I doubt it was "largely expected". Anyone with any knowledge of the region would have expected ethnic conflict and civil war, or perhaps the emergence of a new strong man (or all of the above). I'm not employed by the CIA, nor am I an expert in ME studies, but I have been saying this since before the war, and many many many MANY other knowledgeable people have said the same thing. The fact that the Necons had a foolish unrealistic dream for their Iraqi adventure does not make their irrational pipe dream the "largely expected" outcome- except by them, and you see where that got us, or maybe you don't.
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