Iraq is the cradle of civilization and the US is arrogant enough to think

[Toots]

they don't know how to take care of themselves without US assistance. If we just pulled every single swinging dick out of there right now does anyone here really believe that an Arab strongman wouldn't come along in a hurry and put their world into order Arab style? There will be no more a civil war there, than there has been for thousand and thousands of years. Do Americans think these people are ignorant savages? Most have a much higher and better education than most Americans. The only thing threatened would be the US puppet government and our designs on their oil. The Iraqis would do just fine as they have for thousands of years....

[hwmnbn]

1. I'm always amazed at the arrogance....

of some U.S. policies. Military might does not necessarily equate with human superiority. Iraq has had its own customs and culture way before Europe was out of the dark ages.

The narrow-mindedness of the chimp's administration is astounding. Greed is their mantra and deceit is their method. That is inferior. We have no god-given right to their oil.

[tx_dem41]

2. The problem is that "Iraq" is an artificial, man-made entity that

should have never existed within its current borders. So, today's "Iraq" is far from the "Iraq" that was the cradle of civilisation.

[enigma000]

3. I don't think they want a strongman anymore

Better and more forceful leadership, yes. But a ruler in the mold of a Musharrif or a Mubarak? I think not. And certainly not an Assad or another Saddam.

A strongman regime usually entails banning the internet, jailing political opponents, discouraging independent businesses, canceled or fixed elections, and lack of government accountability.

The Iraqis seem to be past that point. Certainly the Kurds are.