[Tom Bombadil]

Iraq taught me a lesson too.

Just curious as to what that lesson is.

It seems to me that the Iraq thing is still playing itself out. If you believe Time magazine it might seem like a failure........But in fact, the Iraqi people are afraid that the U.S. may leave prematurely and give Iraq back to the thugs who have been running it.

Once the thugs in Cuba are gone, the Cuban people are going to go banannas making sure that they don't come back.

[singletrack]

I agree the Cubans are WHOLE lot different than the Iraqi ( not muslim for starters) but do you really think that in 2 yrs there will be a democracy in Iraq? 5yrs? 10yrs? I ignore time magazine by the way, but my lesson from Iraq is that THERE WILL NOT BE anything democratic or favorabile to the West in my lifetime. Just like you know what happens when teenage boys get drunk, you know what happens when Muslims gain power. oppression,murder,lies , terrorisim, jaywalking etc. Show me ONE Mid-East, muslim nation that doesn't do this. I was hoping that the Iraqis would appreciate the opportunity we brought, but they seem willing to let another 100 yanks die rather than stick thier own nose into the fight.I'd pack up today. Not my sons for these people............