To: Hand em their arse
I'm surprised that so many here are so optimistic and think that when we hand over power on June 30th things will work out. I hope they go from ripping bodies apart and stringing them up on bridges to peacefully voting in democratic elections.
This is a savage area of the world. Study their history you will see that what we are trying to accomplish (establish a democracy in the middle east) has never been done in the history of mankind.
1,033 posted on
04/06/2004 4:28:08 PM PDT by
optik_b
(follow the money)
To: optik_b
I'm actually not one that is of the opinion we should have that date so banged into our heads. If they are not ready than they are not ready.
However, the small and I mean small percentage of scumbags that are holding out need to meet their maker and we should provide the introductions.
To: optik_b
The handover will be to an interim government, not an elected one. The interim government will arrange elections and take over the Coalition Provisional Authority, which does not include all the troops.
The betting is a majority will be civilized and decent and vote in a civilized and decent government. The fact of their being voted in should give the elected government the authority to do whatever is needed to bring order where necessary.
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