More "Good News" from Iraq? :-(

Do you realize we have now come full circle in that country?

The Unites States originally put Saddan Hussein in power in Iraq
because we wanted to be sure that Iraq and Iran didn't buddy up too
closely. We were nervous about Iran, and thought that having a secular
dictator in Iraq would put some pressure on our Iranian adversaries.

Now, $300,000,000,000.00 and over 10,000 US casualties (including the
diseased, disfigured, blinded, and crippled) later, we have
successfully retired the Saddam puppet we imposed on the Iraqis and
allowed the citizens to vote for a new government.

However, the citizens decided that the government they really want is a
fundamentalist Islamic theocracy with very close ties to Iran!

Oops.

Good thing we didn't execute Saddam Hussein. If we really want to keep
Iran and Iraq from forming an alliance, we may need to prop him back up
on his throne! :-(

Full circle.


(We cannot possibly continue to fight insurgents in Afghanistan and
Iraq and go on to invade Iran without a draft. (No child left behind).
Question: will the Repubs hold off 18 months until after the mid term
election? Will be interesting to watch their timing on this one.
With clear majorities on recent polls feeling that "Invading Iraq was a
mistake" or "The war in Iraq has not been worth the cost to the US",
and with probably 60-70% likely to oppose conscription, invading Iran
and/or instituting a draft would cost the Repubs big time in '06).