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Originally Posted by mwood
Maybe you can get a Cabinet position in the Obama administration. Sounds like you have it all figured out.
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It's not that hard to figure out. Which makes Bushcheney and McCain that much worse.
I wonder how peaceable Americans would be if they were invaded. I wonder why it's surprising the Iraqis feel the same way as we would.
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Originally Posted by aklim
If you can't get a temporary moment or two to get your act together, you may never do that.
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It ridiculous to call a lull to catch your breath success in war. They will never accept perpetual American presence. You get a quiet week, month, or even a year, it's not going to last.
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Yes, you can give them pressure to step up. However, just pressure alone will not do it.
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They will or they won't. Being the crutch, and a despised one at that, will only inevitably drag you down with them.
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Why? Our blood there. We let US companies go in first. Allies 2nd. Scraps to the rest of the world.
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Why allow everyone to bid? Well, I guess it depends. If you want to keep bleeding and dying and spending for the longest time possible, then yes keep it all for yourself - scratch that, for a small group of private concerns. If you want to help them, get them on their feet, and do it as fast as possible so you can save the lives of your troops and save everyone tens of billions of dollars you can use to help yourselves, then invite more people to the party. It takes me about an hour to go to my parents' house and cut their grass. I wonder how much time I could save if someone else cut the back while I did the front.