So go back and read...I think I suggested - but didn't flat out say - that it might be better to not worry about the Iraqi government at this point. Establish security first, then try again for democracy, if we want.
I don't know that my suggestions would carry any weight with those who'd need to implement them in any case.
What sort of comments, other than "Stay the course" do you deem acceptable?
If you read all of my posts...not just to you, you will see that I post about possibilities...and my opinion.
Like the partitioning of the country...I don't think it is our place to do it...but, if that is the outcome down the road...that is their choice.
I don't mind discussing different tactics at all..I enjoy it..and even what could be done in the future...it is this looking back stuff that gets me.
Plus, I definitely am on the side that says that the overall strategy(goal) needs to stay what President Bush said it is.
But, day to day tactics HAVE to change according to what is happening on the ground over there...as well as other events in that area of the world.
Lebanon is at a very critical place right now...and could influence what happens in the long run...so we need to follow events there...also.
I did hear one Middle Eastern expert say on Fox News today that even though Iran and Syria would not/should not be involved in helping out in Iraq...they do NOT want millions of refugees streaming over their borders ...
And, he said that Iran and Syria do know that would happen if the USA were to pull out any time soon....so they really do NOT want us to leave, no matter what their rhetoric is.