[prairiebreeze]

Why the about-face in the Bush administration? Senior U.S. State Department officials will tell you straight: The administration was wrong in its Iraqi strategy. The plan should have been to just get rid of Saddam and leave the rest to the U.N. As these officials see it, the Iraqis, along with the rest of the Arabs, are basically criminals and incapable of democracy.

My trust of the State Dept. runs about an inch above the floor most of the time. And the UN cut and run the minute their offices were bombed (which they facilitated by refusing American protection, wishing to be seen separate from the Big Bad United States).

So who can say they wouldn't have done precisely the same thing even with their own bluehelmets in country?

The interim government is being announced as I type. I prefer to wait and see just how things unfold.

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[prairiebreeze]

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