[antaresequity]

This needs to be nipped in the bud.

Freedom earned endures...freedom given is squandered like a christmas toy....

They want to pay for their freedom...this is very very very healthy

[thoughtomator]

Also healthy is for the world to see the newly free Iraqi people turn on their slave masters. While we should immediately clamp down on any violence between groups of Iraqis, we should not interfere if one of those groups is a remnant of Saddam's regime. They have forfeited the protection we extend to peaceful Iraqis.

[betty boop]

Freedom earned endures...freedom given is squandered like a christmas toy.... They want to pay for their freedom...this is very very very healthy

Wisely and truly said, antaresequity. I think it's "very very very healthy," too. If the Shias are wiping out the Fedayeen/Baathists, then that's less work for our boys. I think the likely members of the post-war leadership want to earn their spurs. We are wise to let them do so.