On 12/14/05, Tony wrote:
> yes, i live in a bubble.  how did you guess?

It was easy :)

> they are having elections, yes.  thats great!
> the iraqi military, as many returning vets have said
> is about as good and qualified as my nieces sunshine group.

I'm hearing they're making good progress. Even Lieberman said it.

> when the election does not go well, and the insurgency
> does not stop, and the clerics take over, then we will have successfully
> fueled a revolution against us, and anything we tried to implement
> in a nation that does not want to be implemented.  and then the REAL
> coalition of the willing, puppeted by Iran, will be mounting up a nice
> strike on anything they can.

That's a worse case scenario.

> even if the insurgents lay low for a short time to give us the false hope
> of eradication, they will simply become sleeper cells that jihad later on.
> they want allah, they want to pray, and they do not want our ways.
>
> the gall that we had to imagine that they as a nation wanted things this
> way, is amazing.

The gall that we had to imagine that they as a nation did not want things this
way, is amazing.

> sure, it looks good on paper.  but democracy is not the only answer.
> just like christianity is not the only answer.  if they wanted anything
> but a theocracy after all these eons, do you not think they would have
> revolted against it, quite some time ago?

Not the only answer but with it they can choose.

> yes saddam was bad, fuckin a he was horrible.  the right leader under
> their old system would have been more doable.  right now, we are trying
> to put a square peg into a round hole.

If only it were that easy

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