Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[seabass]

>>>An Iraq that can....be an ally in the GWOT<<<


I know you're passionate about this but.......reality check NOW......please? Hard to pick a good place to start but I choose the fact that 60% of Iraqis approve of killing US soldiers. If you still think that sounds like a good foundation on which to build support for US troops then remember that we're dealing with people who think the death penalty is proper punishment for a school teacher who allows her students to name their toy bear muhammad.

Not asking for precise numbers here....only ballpark, so how many hundreds of years and how many trillions of dollars do you think it will take to make trustworthy allies out of these crackpots? And do you still think it sounds like a good investment stirring things up in their neighborhoods rather than going all out keeping them out of ours? US borders are still designed for easy illegal entry 6 years into the WOT.