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To: neolib who wrote (182064)	2/17/2006 4:59:24 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The much worse problem is if they never ask. What should we do in that case? Michael at least has an answer for that. There will come a point when the Iraqi security forces are strong, as well as professional, enough to preserve good societal order. It will take time to properly train, equip, and deploy them, not to mention monitoring and discipline them (such as the "death squad" members we apprehended and are detaining).. But as they do stand up, we can stand down. And maybe we'll maintain a few bases in Iraq, if they want us there and we can work something out that's mutually beneficial. We did it in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait over many years and few had a problem with it... The majority of Iraqis won't have a problem with US troops in their country, so long as we're not the ones knocking on their doors in the middle of the night. Hawk