[Austin Willard Wright]

Politically prudent perhaps.....though the pity the results for the Iraqi people...but then the interim government is probably a poor bet too.

[mr.pink]

Politically prudent perhaps.....though the pity the results for the Iraqi people...

You may well be right. However I believe it's of the utmost importance to attempt to change the current dynamic, which the Iraqis view as "America vs. Iraq" to one where there may be a slight chance of it being viewed as the "world helping Iraq". I know that sounds "warm and fuzzy", but I gotta' run and it's the best I can do right now. ;o)

Sadly, I don't see any chance of America's relationship to Iraq being considered anything other than adversarial regardless of anything we do.