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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (18045)	5/8/2006 11:02:42 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 542902

Oh, yeah, Bush and Cheney are just rolling in spoils and booty from Iraq. That must be the reason.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (18045)	5/8/2006 11:08:40 PM
From: MrLucky	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542902

I have no doubt that an Arab military force would do better than the US forces. Since you have not doubt. Specifically, which military would do better than the US forces? Inquiring minds would like to know.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (18045)	5/9/2006 12:05:26 AM
From: Metacomet	Respond to of 542902

I absolutely agree with you. As long as they have Americans there, who incidently have killed thousands of their innocents, they will try to kill them, duh.... It would be a much more realistic approach for us to fund any international force, like the UN, to clean up our mess. Of course with our flair for diplomacy, putting Bolten in the UN, that may nor be a very easy sell. Still if the UN was there, and could fire Cheneys contractors, the bill would probably drop substantially, not to mention the American lives saved. But when have these things been a priority for this administration?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (18045)	5/9/2006 2:10:11 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542902

I have no doubt that an Arab military force would do better than the US forces. I have a very strong doubt that that would be the case. They would have the advantage of speaking the language, but in most ways the Arab military forces are far less capable than American forces. I also have a very strong doubt that any sizable Arab force would be deployed in Iraq if the US and/or the Iraqi government tried to cause this to happen. Of course we do plan to eventually replace the American military currently in Iraq (or at least the majority of it) with an Arab force. But that Arab force is the Iraqi army, and the replacement is apparently going to be a slow process.