bluesman,
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Well, since Iraq isn't Switzerland, what say we just throw the whole project away, and with it, the future of all Iraqis and Gawd-knows how many other people in the region that counted on this coming out right?
Maybe THAT is what we should do.
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i'd be a hell of a lot more comfortable if the GOI was actually competent in other fields- after all, taiwan was a brutal dictatorship until the late 80s, but at least its government was reasonably competent when it came to actual state-building.
however, in iraq, the government seems to be expert in just sectarian concerns alone and nothing else. so the point remains, are we empowering a government that will only prove to be a curse upon its own citizens? if we do, we betray the iraqis whom have helped us as much, if not more, than if we abandoned them to their own devices.