[montag813]

Douglas MacArthur would never have permitted this. Bush really screwed up putting a pussy like Paul Bremer in there years ago.

[swarthyguy]

Well, Inshallah.

The only bright side is widespread apprehension and fear in the Sunni Gulf Oil Shaikhs, and a feeling there that the US is shifting to a proShia strategy, spooking the Shaikhs, many of whom have sizable Shia minorities - Saudi, for instance, where the oil is located in the Shia provinces and those people have not shared in the wealth the Wahhabs have accumulated.

This outcome may not have been anticipated (that's a whole another thing), but it may be making the best of a situation.

Otherwise, Iran has certainly made out like a bandit with Saddam gone and a friendly regime there.

[The Toll]

We have worked very hard to bring freedom to the Iraqi men.

[RightOnline]

"Douglas MacArthur would never have permitted this. Bush really screwed up putting a pussy like Paul Bremer in there years ago."

Amen, brother, and amen.