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To: neolib who wrote (217043)2/8/2007 10:17:35 PM
From: steve harris  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
sounds like what Eason Jordan and Saddam was doing....



To: neolib who wrote (217043)2/8/2007 10:21:08 PM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
I wonder what would happen if we got the military totally out of Iraq, replaced them with a few hundred news reporters with no leashes, taxed with the job of uncovering any and all dirt, then told the Iraqis we will send them $12B/month if they deport themselves with model good behavior, otherwise, if the reporters uncover any naughtiness, off goes the spigot?

I'd bet that we could cut it to $1B/month. I also suspect that one of the first things Iraqis will do once the US is gone is to turn their attention to decimating AQ. Iraqi Sunnis and Shia have a score to settle with AQ, the US just keeps distracting them.

jttmab



To: neolib who wrote (217043)2/8/2007 10:23:03 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
How long would said reporters last outside the Green Zone?

And if your answer is that they must be Muslims, how long would they last if Iraqi partisans found out they were working for the Americans?

I mean, in hours?


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