Replies to post #83007 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[Alex G]

i don't see any kind of "end" in sight... this is a multi-generational conflict with muslims and we have stoked the fires... we have "let the genie out of the bottle"... this generation's children and grandchildren might be paying a heavy price

[Orange Trendline]

most of the insurgent forces are Al Qaeda from OTHER COUNTRIES and former elements of the ruling Baath party.

This is not a grassroots movement by the people of Iraq to get us out of there. this is an extremist fringe, most of whom are not even Iraqi.

Their presence there, by the way, speaks to the importance of this conflict in changing the middle east.