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To: tejek who wrote (267809)	1/10/2006 2:47:41 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576180

re: I am not sure what I was expecting but I would have thought in 12 years, free from Saddam's rule, they would have made more progress. Then the article goes on to explain there are tribal feuds even among the Kurds and the only thing that's keeping them from breaking out is the insurgency and the problems they and Baghdad present to the Kurds. Frankly, the Kurds look better only by comparison. Doesn't sound like a place where democracy will "flower" (as Mindmeld puts it), does it? Afghanistan is probably about the same. A lot of folks view these countries from their own US suburban perspective, and don't understand that when you have no institutions, social interaction is based on power, not fairness or the rule of law. What the hell are we doing there?