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Iraq course bound to end badly
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | Aug 21 05 | Andrew Greeley

Posted on 08/22/2005 11:27:24 AM PDT by churchillbuff

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1 posted on 08/22/2005 11:27:27 AM PDT by churchillbuff
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Not this sh*t again...


2 posted on 08/22/2005 11:28:47 AM PDT by KevinDavis (the space/future belongs to the eagles --> http://www.cafepress.com/kevinspace1)
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"Iraq course bound to end badly.."

Sounds allot like the circulation numbers of the windy city blow and blather.

3 posted on 08/22/2005 11:29:15 AM PDT by xcamel (Deep Red, stuck in a "bleu" state.)
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I took out Greeley's gratuitous insults against Bush, so the main points of his argument could be read without that distraction. He's arguing that democracy with Western-style bill of rights can't be grafted onto the cultural stock of the Arab Muslim middle east. Instead, Iraq will end up, again, with strong-man, one-party or one-religion rule.


4 posted on 08/22/2005 11:29:27 AM PDT by churchillbuff
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What does "stay the course" mean? At one time it meant "regime change."

How could "Stay the course" mean "regime change." As if this makes any sense at all...

BUSH 2002: "I'm staying the course with regime change in Iraq..."

What silliness these so-called pundits spew via their cake holes...

5 posted on 08/22/2005 11:30:06 AM PDT by frogjerk
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Not this sh*t again..."""

That's what I say when I see reports of how the Iraq constitution is going to enshrine Islam as the source of law. Our soldiers died for that?

6 posted on 08/22/2005 11:30:33 AM PDT by churchillbuff
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Greely's an idiot.

That's the only response this drivel deserves.


7 posted on 08/22/2005 11:32:42 AM PDT by Skooz ("Political Correctness is the handmaiden of terrorism" - Michelle Malkin)
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let's see what happens. the main problem is that Bush does not have the political backing here at home to tell this interim government "take a hike, we are going to start over". If support for the war were 60-65%, we could do that. since its not, we have to take what we can get, because starting over is not politically sustainable.


8 posted on 08/22/2005 11:33:37 AM PDT by oceanview
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If I said more I get banned from FR...


9 posted on 08/22/2005 11:34:15 AM PDT by KevinDavis (the space/future belongs to the eagles --> http://www.cafepress.com/kevinspace1)
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When they make Islam their source of laws, all will have been lost. It will be very, very soon.


10 posted on 08/22/2005 11:34:19 AM PDT by oolatec
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What will happen in Iraq will be very much like what existed before Saddam came to power and eventually lead, in the name of the will of the people, to another tyrant who will rule with an automatic weapon in his hand.

Clueless Andy, and a racist to boot.

11 posted on 08/22/2005 11:34:48 AM PDT by TheDon (The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
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Kind of ignoring the entire cold war experience - not to mention post WWII experience - don't ya think?


12 posted on 08/22/2005 11:35:49 AM PDT by VoodooEconomics
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Don't buy into that MSM meme, nor any other for that matter.


13 posted on 08/22/2005 11:35:53 AM PDT by TheDon (The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
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this drivel"""

The fact that Islam is being enshrined in the new Iraq constitution isn't "drivel." It's the truth -- the sickening truth. Unless you think that Shi'ite Islam (as practiced and written into civil law, in Iran) is a wonderful religion.

14 posted on 08/22/2005 11:36:32 AM PDT by churchillbuff
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As long as Iraq will be under the law of Islam (as denoted by a recent Drudge headline, "Iraq draft says laws must conform to Islam"), Iraq will never be a true democracy.

Did anyone really expect a different outcome?


15 posted on 08/22/2005 11:37:20 AM PDT by Outland (Some people are damned lucky that I don't have Bill Gates' checkbook.)
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Kind of ignoring the entire cold war experience - not to mention post WWII experience - don't ya think?"""

I don't get your point. When did we invade a country and impose "regime change" during the Cold War? Our successful doctrine was "containment".

16 posted on 08/22/2005 11:37:23 AM PDT by churchillbuff
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17 posted on 08/22/2005 11:37:59 AM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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It's ending pretty good if you are a Shia Sharia advocate.


18 posted on 08/22/2005 11:38:19 AM PDT by swarthyguy
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"""the president should not deceive the American people. What will happen in Iraq will be very much like what existed before Saddam came to power and eventually lead, in the name of the will of the people, to another tyrant who will rule with an automatic weapon in his hand."""


19 posted on 08/22/2005 11:40:29 AM PDT by churchillbuff
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The fact that Islam is being enshrined in the new Iraq constitution isn't "drivel."

Sources? I read that Islam will be "a main source" for the constitution. Why is this a shock?

20 posted on 08/22/2005 11:41:03 AM PDT by zarf
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