[lit-ideas] Re: Iraq and news

Andy writes: Andreas is not being unfair.  Everything I have heard from 
experts and analysts says that there is, essentially, no way out.  Both 
staying there and pulling out have disastrous consequences."

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Disagree. It is unfair of Andreas to offer no constructive solutions in 
the context of this discussion.

"Fix the problem not the blame" is always a useful dictum. The issue is 
  the future of Iraq, not whether Bush was right to invade or whether 
Bush's pre-war planners were a bunch of arrogant jerks.

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It's hard to believe that Bush et al. learned so little from this 
experience that they now are talking about repeating it with Iran, who 
they suspect has nuclear weapons no less.

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According to a recent Asia Times article, Iran is already recruiting 
suicide squadrons to fight any US occupation with asymmetric tactics. 
That seems odd, since the only US actions on the table right now are 
tactical strikes against their nuclear weapons production facilities, 
not invasion and occupation.


Eric

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