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Tom, let me get this straight... You are confusing me
Davin L. — (archived)

you state:

"Unfortunately, the only thing I can see that would work right now is continued occupation, either by the U.S., a coalition of other nations, or some other group, with the job of protecting Iraqis from each other under a rigid set of rules until things can be settled down. "

Okay, so impose a rigid set of rules of our own making at the point of a gun... And Democracy isn't important, per-se... Just respecting the civil rights of Iraqis... With a gun in our hands and not allowing them the civil liberty to choose their own rulership.

So this wasn't about Liberation, at least not any semantic content that can be called liberation with a straight face.

Okay. So we determine

here
(together, that is, with your Reply

and here (which you still have not replied to, BTW, I have noticed.

That this certainly isn't about Terrorist networks.

And we have yet to find those OBVIOUS and IMMEDIATE danger-causing boatloads of WMD...

Tell me, what exactly was this war for and what exactly are we doing there?

Was this all about an emotional reaction by a very proud and strong people to having had a great loss inflicted on it? What story/point in history/country/set of countries does that remind you of? Don't you think this is dangerous?

Davin L.

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