We are no longer "occupying" Iraq. We have signed a status of forces agreement with Iraq, and we are there as the guests of the Iraqi government.
We know that there is a struggle between moderates and hardliners for the soul of Arab culture, or the Arab street, or whatever you want to call it. We know quite a bit more than we did before the invasion of Iraq, too, but we're still outsiders. Our goal is simply to help Iraq survive and thrive as a free, democratic country to provide an alternative vision for other Arab societies to the destructive visions offered by Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Syria, etc. Against all predictions of the doubters in the West, that alternative vision is working in Iraq. We have planted the seeds of democracy, now we need to tend the garden and see if those seeds bear fruit. On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Gruss wrote: > > RoMunn wrote: > > Does anyone in the West really understand what is going on inside Arab > > societies? > > So your point is that nobody understands what's going on in Arab > societies which is why it was genius to spend $3-$10 Trillion on > invading and occupying an arab country for a decade? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:284424 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
