"If it now turns out that on this last hand, Saddam was bluffing, I don't think that makes the US foolish for calling the bluff."
We'll see. War orphans make good terrorists.
aw, c'mon now...that's a bit much, isn't it?
we don't know exactly how many iraqi casualties there were, but it's clear that there weren't many compared to any of iraq's other recent wars. or civil wars, for that matter (200k shiites and 20k kurds killed since 1991).
get a viable non-state economy going, with some political representation for all groups, and you won't have tons of iraqi terrorists. get direct oil revenue accounts for all iraqis and it will be even better.
there aren't any iraqi kurdish terrorists to speak of, and aside from the sadr guys i don't see a lot of shiites going at it. the problem is the sunnis, and hey, it's a real problem, but i just don't see angry tikritis getting on a plane to boston to solve their woes.
i know this may seem pollyanna-ish, but it's only been six months since the invasion. let's see how we're doing a year from now.
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We'll see. War orphans make good terrorists.
- steve 9-24-2003 6:17 am
aw, c'mon now...that's a bit much, isn't it?
we don't know exactly how many iraqi casualties there were, but it's clear that there weren't many compared to any of iraq's other recent wars. or civil wars, for that matter (200k shiites and 20k kurds killed since 1991).
get a viable non-state economy going, with some political representation for all groups, and you won't have tons of iraqi terrorists. get direct oil revenue accounts for all iraqis and it will be even better.
there aren't any iraqi kurdish terrorists to speak of, and aside from the sadr guys i don't see a lot of shiites going at it. the problem is the sunnis, and hey, it's a real problem, but i just don't see angry tikritis getting on a plane to boston to solve their woes.
i know this may seem pollyanna-ish, but it's only been six months since the invasion. let's see how we're doing a year from now.
- big jimmy 9-24-2003 6:43 am [2 comments]