^I missed the part where you said which of the two undesirable options I pointed out was, in your estimation, the right one. Do you want to leave them to elect a fundamentalist dictator? Or would you prefer a U.S. installed leader? Because in the latter case, world opinion would only suffer, and yes, I know there are other countries involved, but no matter WHAT country or group of countries installs a leader, it's still a foreign power exercising authority over a country in which they have no grounds for doing so. The moral implications of that aside, the Iraqis would, no doubt, be a bit offended at having their leader chosen for them; I wouldn't be surprised at a coup in the near future, in which case a fundamentalist would be installed anyways.
It's really a no-win scenario at the moment, so for want of a better idea, the only thing I can offer is delay, in the hopes that perhaps a better cantidate that Iraq's populus will actually support emerges. Until that point, what they have going now seems to be preventing any major violence, though it could, ideally, look a bit less like a military ocupation. But in sum, I'm not in the least convinced that Bush intends to install another dictator in Iraq, nor will he allow the Iraqis to do so, and vice versa; the Iraqi people would never stand for a U.S. imposed dictator with ties to Bush. American troops are still in Iraq, and they should be, at least until a better compromise can be reached.
I also have little doubt that the U.S. will be involved in the final leader's selection, but I (perhaps naively) hope that the actual electoral process isn't run by Americans, from a moral standpoint. In the end, no matter what they decide, Iraq should decide for itself who their leader is to be.
Illinformed not being a word, I will say that I am, perhaps, a bit lacking in primary source information with regard to current conditions over there; my information may be outdated. What seems to be the current disposition of the Iraqis? Feel free to enlighten me, I may, given more information, have to change my position.
By the way SuPilot, I think the U.S. spelling of that word is derogatory...does that help?
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It's really a no-win scenario at the moment, so for want of a better idea, the only thing I can offer is delay, in the hopes that perhaps a better cantidate that Iraq's populus will actually support emerges. Until that point, what they have going now seems to be preventing any major violence, though it could, ideally, look a bit less like a military ocupation. But in sum, I'm not in the least convinced that Bush intends to install another dictator in Iraq, nor will he allow the Iraqis to do so, and vice versa; the Iraqi people would never stand for a U.S. imposed dictator with ties to Bush. American troops are still in Iraq, and they should be, at least until a better compromise can be reached.
I also have little doubt that the U.S. will be involved in the final leader's selection, but I (perhaps naively) hope that the actual electoral process isn't run by Americans, from a moral standpoint. In the end, no matter what they decide, Iraq should decide for itself who their leader is to be.
Illinformed not being a word, I will say that I am, perhaps, a bit lacking in primary source information with regard to current conditions over there; my information may be outdated. What seems to be the current disposition of the Iraqis? Feel free to enlighten me, I may, given more information, have to change my position.
By the way SuPilot, I think the U.S. spelling of that word is derogatory...does that help?
J.D.'s Hall of Fame for Stupid Posts:
''mad trix is a gay name. go with the k2's.'' -Linepunk
''Dude, Americans or Canadians didn't invent english, the British dudes did.'' -Chauncy
On San Francisco: ''that was like the starting place of gayness and aids in the eighties.'' -Tandan83
''I've learned to give some canadians an intellectual buffer'' -SUpilot
''Gay people are fags'' -Atlantaski
''dude i am literat i just cant spell worth shit u got prob with it bitch'' -Bridgerbowlskier
On Bling Skis: ''Anyone know anything about this company? do they have a website?'' -makr0
''Gay marriages are gay.'' -SUpilot
'if it werent for women, i wouldnt have to wear condoms' -Hucksterjibber