[swarthyguy]

Let's see what happens, then.

As it is, our pandering to the Shias has led to a increased role for religious restrictions a la a theocracy.

We're letting down the modernists and progressive secularists if we continue down this path that'll lead to a virtual theocratic state.

The Baathis are the technocrats and the organizers. That's what the US needs now, not a bunch of mullahs.

[Nachum]

The Baathis are the technocrats and the organizers.

Correction: The Baathis are cold blooded mass murderers. They are thieves who stole the treasury of their people. The military keeps little children hostage in camps to make sure the families willingly allow their daughters to be raped. They have little or no technical ability at all and their economy is what little they let trickle through, while skimming it for every penny of tribute they can suck.