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To: michael97123 who wrote (148137)	10/18/2004 10:18:25 AM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<This does not change the fact that it is a guerilla insurgency and that many iraqis view us as occupiers and want us out. Some even ally themselves with the bad guys viewing the job of getting us out as more important. Its just that very few want them in. Note i left al sadr out as according to NYTimes today over 1000 large weapons have been turned in so far and the govt is extending the time period. I know you think al sadr a bad outcome but he certainly falls within your definition of an iraqi. Mike> Thank you Mike -- I agree with much of you say, here and elsewhere on foreign policy. I do not see al Sadr as the kind of person we would favor to run Iraq. His agenda is clearly to push Iraq back several centuries in terms of personal freedom. But if that is what Iraqis opt for in the chaos of the moment, then so-be-it. Chalabi is a lying crook -- based on his misleading Congress and his legal problems/convictions. Is he the sort of person who would run a clean and honorable government? The mind boggles. And the people planting bombs and spreading mayhem? Not exactly the finest people on earth. Are we creating democracy? Or are we setting up the next dictators, local thugs, criminals and terrorists -- and transferring power to a new group of people set to despoil a resource rich country?