Reply #37: Yes, if it were done in such a way as they see the end-game

[kaitykaity]

as benefiting them. If it takes nationalizing
the oil, then so be it.

From what I've read and heard, the Iraqis are very
educated, with a middle class just waiting to be
created/facilitated. Doctors, engineers, the whole
bit.

And I don't think a civilized people would willingly allow
the country to descend into theocratic tyranny if there
were a clear alternative that did not involve American
imperialism.

On edit: in answer to your second point, about how you
'just don't see them coming in', I have explained in
detail how and why we can get the allies to come in once
we change leadership at home.