[robowombat]

The last time.

[bin2baghdad]

Interesting read. Thanks for the post.

[bayourod]

Maybe we should accept the offer of Turkey to send troops. They are Muslims afterall.

[GraniteStateConservative]

We have a magic wand that makes nation building in Arab countries work. So, there.

[davisfh]

My reply is not to this posting but to another one earlier this day entitled "The End Of Western Civilization"

This posting was removed by Admin Moderator with the remark, "No thanks." Could it be that "Political Correctness" and yearnings for "diversity" and "tolerance" have overtaken FR. Let's, for God's sake, hope not. I saw absolutely nothing wrong with "The End of Western Civilization" posting.

[Peter vE]

Perhaps we should have read this before we followed in the ill fated footsteps of the Brits.... I just read "Kurds, Turks and Arabs" by C.H. Edmonds, a British political officer in Kurdistan from 1918 to 1925. The British higher ups decided that Iraq just needed the imposition of a King, and all would be well. Edmonds details what it's like to have to actually implement the policy. There's a good bit of sending planes in to bomb recalcitrant tribal leaders, and playing off one tribe against another. At least Edmonds spoke Kurdish, Arabic and Persian (now known as Farsi). In the end, the Brits were able to leave a fairly stable regime for about 20 years. It mostly fell apart when the old King died, and his son didn't have his political skills. I don't see a potential King anywhere on the horizon, never mind a Juan Carlos.