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To: Lane3 who wrote (15236)11/5/2003 6:14:53 AM
From: bearshark  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793623
 
>>>There is a huge array of options. Do I choose to spend a bazillion dollars and American lives and tie myself and my country up for years in the backwater that is Iraq, soaking up attention and resources that could be expended elsewhere and incurring the risks of such an enormous and improbable project as bringing democracy to Iraq? Or do I focus on something that more directly protects us from terrorism. Like, duh!<<<

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You sound like you may be an "Arlingtonian."



To: Lane3 who wrote (15236)11/5/2003 7:03:03 AM
From: Tom Clarke  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793623
 
I'm beginning to wonder if bringing 'democracy' to a united Iraq isn't a bit of a pipedream. I know the idea has been floated before - then promptly rejected, of creating three autonomous regions. Maybe it's time to reconsider.