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To: lurqer who wrote (17394)	4/16/2003 2:32:33 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Respond to of 89467

we push for Iraq Democracy, but get Islamic Revolution this is the clearest no brainer that will put a firehose of cold water on idiotic expectations by Americans to impose democracy in a land that no sooner will see democracy than lush California fruit groves emerging from the desert I expect a quagmire on the "mosque vs state" issues until the new thinkers back off, realizing the futility of their efforts to democratize this Iraqi nation has few institutions outside... the Islamic clergy the Oil ministry the Museums the Shrines the Torture chambers the Execution fields the Burial pits (with no names) hey, nice shorts mine have golden skidmarks US$ index down to near 99 flat (bear takes over) Dow War Rally underway, but going downhill (bear takes over) we live in a land of utter fools / jim