"The same things were said about Afghanistan. Remember the Northern Alliance, and how that would run the country after the US rebuilt it? And do you know what's happening now?"

As I recall there was some concern that Northern Alliance would run country (it was an argument against using them to help win the war). The US position going into the war (and currently) is that we didn't want the Northern Alliance to run Afghanistan- in fact there was a flap when they entered the capital- against US wishes in the matter, mainly because of the message it would send. What we want is a govt which would be represented from all regions- that what we got and are continuing to get.

Better find another tree to bark up.