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To: RetiredNow who wrote (236670)	6/10/2005 4:50:11 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572649

I think the point is that progress is being made in Iraq. They have just appointed 25 Sunni positions on the constitution writing body and they'll have a constitution written by August. Then they'll have constitutional elections by the end of this year. Then Iraq will be a true Democracy. At that point, the U.S. can begin to reduce its troop presence, unless the Iraqi gov't asks us to stay longer. Yes........just like the end of Bremer's stay in Iraq and the elections were supposed to make everything right. Don't you understand that there will be no real democracy so long as there is an insurgency? Don't you realize that this insurgency is running on hate that has built up for decades if not centuries? The hate between the Sunnis and the Shia did not start last year.......it began over a millennium ago. The insurgency is a symptom of something very wrong in Iraq. American efforts to minimize its importance only gives it more substance. Either way, the insurgency is running into a dead end. This is why perseverance is necessary when you are doing hard things like nation building in Iraq. Turning tail and fleeing when things get difficult is no way to run your life, much less a way to effectively nation-build. They don't want to nation build.......they want to go back to the way things were before the US invaded. They are not trying to be constructive, and unfortunately, too many Iraqis agree with them. ted