Re: What Can the US Do to Prevent Iraq From Forming an Alliance With Iran After We Leave?

"Bill Bonde { ''Mr Gore, tear down this wall'')"
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> Sid9 wrote:
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>> "Steven L." <sdlitvin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > mg wrote:
>> >> Before the invasion of Iraq, one of the most obvious
>> >> questions experts undoubtedly asked was will we
>> >> destroy the balance in the Middle East and what can
>> >> we do to prevent Iraq from becoming an ally of Iran
>> >> as a result of the war? Now it's more than 5 years
>> >> later and the question is more im****tant than ever.
>> >> What can we do to prevent Iraq from forming an
>> >> alliance with Iran after we leave?
>> >
>> > Look, we can't have it both ways.  We can't have spent
>> > the last 5 years trying to create a "stable,
>> > independent, democratic" Iraq, and then just ignore
>> > the government of Iraq when they make a decision that
>> > we don't like.  If Iraq wants to have cordial
>> > relations with Iran, they're a sovereign country now
>> > and that's their choice.  We can pressure them
>> > diplomatically, the same way we would pressure any
>> > other sovereign nation not to do business with Iran.
>> > But that's all.
>> >
>> > If we wanted to turn Iraq into a U.S. protectorate
>> > like the Philippines used to be, this was NOT the way
>> > to go about it.  If we wanted to turn Iraq into a firm
>> > base for the U.S. military the way the Shah of Iran
>> > used to be, this was also NOT the way to go about it.
>> > Unlike the Shah of Iran, we did NOT install a U.S.
>> > puppet in Iraq who would run the country with an iron
>> > fist on our behalf.  We let the Iraqis actually vote
>> > and choose their own representatives, and they chose
>> > ones who aren't prepared to become lap dogs of the
>> > U.S.  And their attitude toward vehemently
>> > anti-American factions like the Sadrists is
>> > "Conciliate them," not "Obliterate them."
>> >
>> > We really did stand up a government in Iraq that is
>> > now stable enough to chart its own course in the
>> > world.  And we'll just have to live with that.
>> >
>> In your dreams...the Iraqi vote was a farce.
>> You people make up history to suit your argument
>>
> How was it a "farce"? They looked like they were really
> voting to me. Why can't you believe, Scully?
>
 Did you question any of them or did you see them on the evening news? 
You 
sure a simple minded fool, aren't you?