Reply #28: Nice refute.

[Old and In the Way]

I liked the part about "hogwash".

We have screwed Iraq for 35 years. The place is a basket case, thanks largely to the fault of US policy.

IMHO, the 1st thing Kerry should do, when elected, is to go to the UN and form a coalition to fix the infrastructure of Iraq. We should underwrite it, too. Concurrently, establish a UN policeforce and bring the Sunni's, Shi'ites, and Kurds in to discuss the future of Iraq. If they can't decide on a democracy to run the state, then split the country along ethnic lines. Let the UN control the oil and split the profits according to the population % of each state.

Then, we leave.