Actually, what we found after the invasion was that Iraq was on the verge of being a failed state in many respects, with a decaying infrastructure, moribund civil institutions, a corrupt and increasingly cynical leadership, and outlaw areas run by terrorists like then-freelancer Zarqawi.
I agree that we need to help them stabilize their country before we leave. On 5/9/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > None of these problems existed prior to our invasion. Iraq was stable. > The people were generally safe. > > Sure Sadam was an a_hole and killed, tortured or imprisoned thousands of > his own people. A decade earlier he killed thousands of Kurds. Talk > about something that was not our problem. That was all internal BS. It > wasn't great, but when compared to other regimes and situations going on > in the world he was far from the worse offender. The average Iraqi > could go down to the market without fear of being kidnapped, shot or > blown up. We freed them from Sadam and handed them over to a sectarian > violence, terrorists, and civil war. > > We created the mess that is in Iraq today and it is our responsibility > to stabilize the country before we pull out. > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:234330 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
