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To: Lane3 who wrote (5482)11/18/2005 10:37:44 AM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541933
 
The trick is deciding how much time, political capital, human capital and money you want to put into propping them up, then deciding when enough is enough.

I suspect those decisions will be driven more by domestic politics than the situation on the ground in Iraq, another weakness of jamming a policy down the country's (and world's) throat without building a strong consensus first. A consensus that isn't ripped to shreds later helps too.



To: Lane3 who wrote (5482)11/18/2005 11:00:59 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541933
 
Once they have at least a fighting chance,

Things are grim, but they are only getting worse.
The longer we stay the weaker the Iraqi government is.
Right now it can make a claim to be elected and legitimate.
Within a year they will be obvious puppets.
There is no way that the U.S. is going to submit to their authority while we remain.
The longer the Iraq government has to bend and scrape to the occupiers
the less respect they will command from the Iraqis.

TP


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