Iraq four years ago was a murderous dictatorship on the verge of wriggling its way out of sanctions, when they could re-start their nuclear program.
Iraq today is a democracy divided, with a capital city and environs in the midst of a geographically limited civil war. Have they made progress? I think they have. Judge for yourself. On 1/14/07, Mike Tangorre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Had Iraqis never been able to hold elections or form a government, we > > would not still be in Iraq. But they did both- against a backdrop of > > brutal violence. Should we now abandon them when they have come so far? > > > Come so far? Are you serious? The Iraqi security forces can barely load > their weapons let alone protect their people and the so called democracy. > An > elected "government" may exist in Iraq, but the country itself is a > complete > cluster-fuck with one problem after another and no end in sight. Do you > really think the US is going to "fix" Iraq? > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224674 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
