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If that's their attitude, let's turn the country over to the Kurds, put them in charge, let the Kurds handle things, and we exit.

The Iraqis have been subjugated so long, they don't know how not to be subjugated. At best, it would take re-educating the next two generations so that, in 30 years, there might be a population we could negotiate with. Heck, liberate the Iranians and turn Iraq over to them.

13 posted on 04/16/2004 2:46:44 PM PDT by TomGuy (Clintonites have such good hind-sight because they had their heads up their hind-ends 8 years.)

Itæs going to take a while, but I am sure it is going to work out in the end.

The alternative is simply not thinkable.

I don't know if this is taboo or not here on freerepublic, but I quite like Tom Friedman of the NY Times. This is a generational struggle. It can be no other way, unless we terrorise the muslim world into submission. I think the President gets it and it pleased me that Condi emphasised this in her 911 comitte testimony.

If what I have read is correct, then Vietnamisation worked in Vietnam, and the same should (And is being done) be done in Iraq.

Cheers.