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To: TigerPaw who wrote (256936)	10/24/2005 1:19:08 PM
From: Elroy	Respond to of 1575627

Yeah, it would be good to learn exactly what are coalition troops doing daily that cannot be done by Iraqi troops. Economist has a cover story on Iraq this week. Not much advice out of them, but their conclusion was "stick it out for another 18 months at least, and what is left then will be bad, but better than what would be left today and better than what existed under Saddam". Pretty grim stuff!

To: TigerPaw who wrote (256936)	10/24/2005 4:17:57 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575627

But leaving today (when elections are in two months) is not the best approach. Occupying Iraq is very much like being stuck holding a bucket of manure to the ceiling with a broom handle. If you let go there's going to be a mess so you are tempted to just hang on and try to persuade someone else to take the broom. Still, you can't hold it there forever and no matter when you let go, there is going to be a mess. Might as well just deal with it. Well said. The problem, of course, is the politics that are involved in getting us to do the inevitable.......letting go of the manure.