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Iraq
The Mayor of Ar Rutbah
2005-11-24
Amid the chaos in Iraq, one company of U.S. Special Forces achieved what others have not: a functioning democracy. How? By relying on common sense, the trust of Iraqis, and recollections from Political Science 101. Now, their commander reveals the gritty reality about nation-building in Iraq, from the ground up.
Long piece from Foreign Policy magazine, and one that should be thrown at every moonbat progressive who says that we can't succeed in Iraq. Hat tip to Orrin Judd.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  Steve - 'progressives' could use the Ar Rutbah results back at you; our guys seemed to have set the place up for success, but after we left the insurgents came back and took over. They could say the same thing would happen in the whole country, so we should go ahead and leave now.
Posted by: Glenmore   2005-11-24 08:51  

#1  Ar Rutbah could be a case history in miniature of what would happen in Iraq as a whole if the US et al pull out too soon.
Posted by: Glenmore   2005-11-24 08:48  

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