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2006-07-23 Iraq

Iraq: Factions that prefer violence over dialogue are getting more isolated

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Posted by DanNY 2006-07-23 14:21|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 America should not leave Iraq for a long time, and this has little to do with the internal security of Iraq.

Most of the remaining work inside Iraq is the job of Iraqis, both to create their own security and to find their balances of power and mutual respect.

However, the US is there for when these issues are settled, and the day comes when Iraq again looks out into the world. For their biggest deficit, and one which for years only the US can fill, is their strategic security.

And this next level happens only when Iraq settles down. For their military, it means building heavy armored divisions and combat air wings; but only when they are calm enough to have them. When by US standards, their democracy is stable.

At that point, Iraq will be able to defend itself against Iran, the only real threat to Iraq left in the region. And not just to defend itself, but to win.

In the process, Iraq will be to the US as was Germany. With the US providing protection, and Germany providing a force-projection outpost against the Soviet Union. But in this case, the US in Iraq will keep its eyes on the Middle East, Africa, central and southern Asia.

And this will be of great value, not just for Iraq and the region, but for the far side of the planet.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-07-23 19:57|| 2006-07-23 19:57|| Front Page Top

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