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2006-10-31 Home Front: WoT

Zakaria: Rethinking Iraq: The Way Forward

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Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-10-31 07:06|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

President Bush is fond of warning, "If we leave Iraq, they will follow us home." This makes no sense.

Makes perfect sense to me, but I've forgotten to take my meds for over a week, that must be it.

The chances of Iraq's being taken over by a Qaeda-style group are nonexistent.

The chance of Iran taking over the Shia part of Iraq is rather high, however. It seems to have already happened. The author semi-contradicts himself when he warns about the danger of "Anbar province ... being taken over by Qaeda-style jihadist groups that would use it as a base for global terrorism"

Secure Kurdistan

This is so critically important, so obviously necessary that only the most incompetent strategists could ignore the need to be making these preparations now. Uh-oh...

Prevent a bloodbath.
Draw down troops

Choose one and only one. A mini-bloodbath is the current situation.

Posted by Slaviger Angomong7708 2006-10-31 12:02|| 2006-10-31 12:02|| Front Page Top

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