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Well, before someone else gets to it...
The BBC is out to undermine the war effort, and publishes stories like this in order to make the nation-building project fail. Two, those rat-bastard Iraqi terrorists (indeed, all terrorists) deserve it cause they would do ten times as worse things to our guys if they could.
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That said, it's shameful that some of our soldiers are out of control like this, and it doubly shameful that action isn't taken to correct these problems when they occur. Actions like these undermine the rightness of our cause. Like most conservatives, I think that a successful occupation/nation building project can only be a good thing for Iraq and the world. However, I think that such a project is unbelievably difficult to pull off, and I also think that we've made too many mistakes already. Should we cut and run? No, but we should be more proactive in pursuing a course that will bring about a good outcome. What I would suggest is that when sovereignty is "handed over" to the Iraqis, we also grant the UN some authority. It would be a good time to do it, and it seems to be politically possible.
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