Iraq War

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

that whole area is a festering sore on the face of the earth, but we've severely bungled this job. hopefully not beyond the point of recovery. problem is, so many just want to quit--there has to be a way to straighten out this mess, but the current admin doesn't seem to have what it will take.

And we've been bungling it since, what, the 1950's? Isn't that when we overthrew the democratically elected Iranian government to put in the dictatorship under the Shah?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story...022065,00.html

I think the place will be a powderkeg until we finally accept we've got to find an energy source that isn't oil. The user does not get to dictate terms to the pusher.