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To: skinowski who wrote (143001)10/14/2005 7:59:12 PM
From: Hoa Hao  Respond to of 793939
 
"If, otoh, in the end, al Qaeda will manage to take control of Iraq - and move on further -- in that case, it will have been a horrible idea."

Iraq under Saddam was probably more prone to eventual take over by al Q. After all, the Sunni's were already in control. We really had nothing to lose. We manage to make a relatively democratic multi sectarian state over there, and the Arab pathologies might start to dissipate with the light of day.