Reply #43: DemFromCT: "So we'll train Shi'a forces (with no loyalty to the state) and

[understandinglife]

... death squads to torture and kill Sunnis, pat ourselves on the back for preventing civil war and then draw down? I wish that was hyperbole, but the news from Vietnam Iraq says otherwise – check the supplied links (below).


Message to the WH: no one believes you care. But no one believes you know what you're doing, either. if there's a better policy in Vietnam Iraq, your subordinates haven't informed you; they didn't want to spoil your nap or your work-out, and you might have yelled at them.


What's that? There are complaints that this piece isn't a serious dissertation of American policy in Vietnam Iraq? Well, guess what? Neither is the President's speech.

A dose of history and embedded links in Back To The Future In Iraq here:

http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2005/11/back_to_the_fut.html#more

How could it be otherwise with Negroponte on the team (http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/28/1449257) ....


Peace.