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Old 05-27-2004, 05:04 AM   #26 (permalink)
ratbastid
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See what happens when I completely ignore Tilted Politics? The politics creep out to get me!

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Originally posted by ARTelevision
Geopolitically, a free Iraq right there smack in the middle of the terrible area known as the Middle East is a patently and self-evidently good thing.

Don't you agree?
In principle, I agree completely. Problem is, the US has a disasterous track record with regime change. What we're really good at is clobbering one dictator and installing another. Anyone who thinks that an Iraqi state run by a former tribal warlord constitues "a free Iraq", please step forward.

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Didn't think so.

My prediction: Somalia all over again. We're going to have tribal oppression and possibily civil war in Iraq within five years.
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