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To: SiouxPal who wrote (59191)	2/23/2006 3:00:55 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Respond to of 361195

As Iraq falls apart completely ... this is both funny and sad: The birth of Iraq's deadly insurgency 64.233.179.104 EXCERPT: The coalition government relied heavily on a revolving door of diplomats and other personnel who would leave just as they had begun to develop local knowledge and ties, and on a large cadre of eager young neophytes whose brashness often gave offense in a very age- and status-conscious society. One young political appointee (a 24-year-old Ivy League graduate) argued that Iraq should not enshrine judicial review in its constitution because it might lead to the legalization of abortion. A much more senior Iraqi interlocutor (a widely experienced Iraqi-American lawyer) became so exasperated with the young man's audacity that he finally challenged him: ``You must have thoroughly studied the history of the British occupation of Iraq.'' ``Yes, I did,'' the young American replied proudly. ``I thought so,'' said the Iraqi, ``because you seem determined to repeat every one of their mistakes.''