We want to get out of the damn region not stir it up.

Graham

What is your source for that?

No, we -absolutely- want bases in the Middle East. What we had/have
in Saudi Arabia was not satisfactory. Too many limits.

Let's give the Neo-Cons who run Bush some credit.

They knew the chance of reconciling Sunni and Shia after overthrowing
Saddam were vanishingly small.

They knew that disbanding the Iraqi army would cause chaos and civil
war.

They don't want an Iraqi national government. It might ask us to leave
some day.

They haven't been grossly incompetent; they've been as brilliant as
the Sun.

All of you that voted for Bush should be very proud of their success.

Walt



Walt