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Originally Posted by loquitur
I find it relevant that (according to, IIRC, a poll in the NY Times), something on the order of 62% of Iraqis don't think the Americans should be leaving so soon.
I'm a believer in "you broke it, you fix it."
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Wonder what the poll was on invading before we invaded?
We can not "buy" friends in that region, at any cost. Currently we're sending some 50 million to Pakistan to help flood victims. Will they like us more after doing so? I highly doubt it. We'll still be the evil "American Satan" to much of the population.
To some degree I agree with you and thought Powell was right when he stated you break it you own it (probably not a direct quote, but close.) Was one of many, many reasons I thought it was a stupid idea to begin with. However we keep building and building and people there who hate us keep blowing up what we just built. Whether it's a building or an alliance, the goal of far too many there is to destroy what ever we do. I don't see any end to that, ever.