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To: hinckley buzzard

The mass of Iraqis appear to care about clan and tribe and which kind of moslem they are, but little else.

That's right, that's exactly right. And it's something Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld should have known, and prepared for.

But as far as I can see, absolutely no such planning existed. Iraq was to be occupied much like Japan and Germany were after WW II. Print up a nice constitution, and then give everybody a voting card.

But as you noted, Iraqi "society" is quite different from Japanese and German society. Any Middle east expert could have told Bush that. Heck, anyone who has traveled through the region could have told Bush that.

37 posted on 05/17/2015 9:23:06 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)

To: Leaning Right

See Post #45. Dick Cheney told Bush that. It would be comical if it wasn't so f#%&ing pathetic.

46 posted on 05/17/2015 10:15:14 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ( "It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")

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