[AZLiberty]

My advice is to insist on a civilian militia (a la Switzerland) with a minimal standing army (self-defense force). Guns in the hands of civilians are the greatest threat to would-be dictators and criminal thugs...IMHO

That's what I would have thought, too, and yet some of the news video out of Iraq seems to show that the Iraqi man-in-the-street already has his own AK-47.

[maxamillion]

Boy, when I watched that marine giving out candy & water to those little girls & boys, I just melted... I'm going to send more candy at usafreedomcore.gov just because...

[bt_dooftlook]

The Iraqi man-on-the-street with an AK-47 will be what makes democracy work in Iraq. If he fears coalition liberators more than Saddam's thugs then he will fight us and take his chances; if he wishes freedom for himself and his family, and feels we will not betray his trust, then that AK-47 will be put to good use against the fedayeen and other oppressors...IMHO