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At this point in time I don’t think there will be enough significant change to matter. Again that was a phrase I heard a lot going into 06, that Iraq could be turned around by Nov. I’m not saying things aren’t improving, just that after this long, and this much money, I don’t think things have time to improve enough to help the GOP in 08.

Not only do I think you're correct, you may be more correct than you realize. Can't say who, but I hear of high level Iraqi problems coming down the pike that will, if fulfilled, reverse our gains in propping up their Gov't. I'm sure others have heard the same things.

To make matters worse, did you catch the little snippet by McCain last night about the Iran issue becoming a reality sooner than we think? Think he knows something? Hmmm.

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“Can’t say who, but I hear of high level Iraqi problems coming down the pike that will, if fulfilled, reverse our gains in propping up their Gov’t. I’m sure others have heard the same things.”

I personally always thought it was a pipe dream to try to establish a western style democracy in the ME. I realize that sometimes bombs have to drop, and military forces deployed, but it seems a waste of time money and manpower to try to give a free hand to a majority that mostly seems to want to rev up old tribal grievances.

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To make matters worse, did you catch the little snippet by McCain last night about the Iran issue becoming a reality sooner than we think? Think he knows something? Hmmm.”

That’s hard to say. Maybe he does know something, or maybe it was political posturing. I say that because at this point, you don’t exactly have to be Madame Cleo to spot the pattern, and figure out what’s next.