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To: Elroy who wrote (226858)	3/29/2005 7:43:04 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573268

Well, before answering your post, you are not at all concerned that two years of post-Saddam Iraq is not resulting in Iraqis replacing coalition forces? Nope, not at all. Two years is nothing in the scheme of things. If we still haven't started to draw down troops by the middle to end of 2006, then I'll get worried. I'm discussing Iraqis replacing coalition forces in the security role at the moment. The "bigger picture" sounds like a different discussion. You can't make informed decisions about the weeds unless you decide what your plan is for the entire lawn first. In none of these cases has the US got US forces patrolling the roads. You are confusing overseas US military bases with policing a population. Nope. In the first few years of our troop presence in both Germany and Japan, we were indeed patrolling the streets and setting up road blocks. After several years, the need for that diminished and our role was relegated to manning bases. Same is happening in Iraq now. Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt are going to attack the US? What are you talking about? They can barely govern themselves, much less united against a country on a different continent! We have alliances with Jordan and Egypt. I'd point out that the key trouble makers left in the region are primarily Syria and Iran, but the whole region is unstable and we will continue to need to keep our eye on the ball for the foreseeable future.

To: Elroy who wrote (226858)	3/29/2005 1:38:08 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573268

Iraq Parliament in Uproar Over Stalemate Tue Mar 29, 2005 09:49 AM ET By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Mariam Karouny BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament erupted in acrimony at only its second sitting on Tuesday and journalists were thrown out after lawmakers berated leaders for failing to agree on a new government, two months after historic elections. When parliamentarians were told that despite last-minute talks that delayed the session no agreement had been reached, even on the post of parliamentary speaker, several stood up to say leading politicians were letting down the Iraqi people. continued.......... reuters.com