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Old 12-12-2005, 09:01 AM   #16 (permalink)
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I'd agree with your assessment, but not necessarily in a pro-American way. I think that that would be reading into it too much without having information on what they said when they turned him over. However, it is significant that they trusted the process enough to turn his sorry a$$ into American/Iraqi officials.
That's purty much what I mean. If we can get some buy-in from the tribes for the new way of doing their 'revenge' bidness - rule of law, instead of just wild-eyed vigilantism - we got this nailed. If they'll vote instead of just TAKING power by force, we got this nailed. In short, if they'll stop behaving like savages and EVOLVE, for Allah's sake, we got this nailed.

I'm VERY pleased that they saw fit to help us out with this guy turned in alive, when they could've done what they've done for centuries instead.
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