Posted on 06/29/2009 6:49:40 AM PDT by Jbny
Seven years ago, Reuel Marc Gerecht looked into the best crystal ball in all global strategy and wrote down what he saw in the pages of the Weekly Standard:
If the United States stays in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein and his Baathist regime, and ushers in some type of a federal, democratic system, the repercussions throughout the region could be transformative. Popular discontent in Iran tends to heat up when U.S. soldiers get close to the Islamic Republic. An American invasion could possibly provoke riots in Iran--simultaneous uprisings in major cities that would simply be beyond the scope of regime-loyal specialized riot-control units.
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Great piece. Thanks for posting
Which is why Obama said nothing until they could figure out how he could get credit for it. Pres. Bush made the claim that a democracy in Iraq would encourage other citizens in the ME to seek the same freedom to choose their leaders.
Obama would rather let those people die than admit that Bush was right.
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