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[Thomas Beckett <thomas AT tbeckett.com>]

Thomas Beckett wrote:
> I haven't been paying that close attention to developments in Iraq the 
> past couple of days (I let the Agonist do it for me), but it is hard to 
> avoid the sense that we are getting our asses seriously kicked there 
> just now.

I should add that there is no element of schadenfreude in this 
observation.  I'm quite dismayed at these developments.  I am also 
fairly confident that our forces will be able to put down the uprising. 
 I just wish we hadn't been caught with pants down like this.

I opposed the Iraq war, but my feeling now is that we need to stay the 
course and try to set up some sort of civil society democracy there. 
It's our mess, it's up to us to clean it up.  And then get the hell out. 
 I don't have a lot of faith in the nation-building ability of W & Co. 
 There is a certain lack of cultural sensitivity in their efforts.  Not 
to mention naivete.

And then Matusiak wrote:
> Because only the smartest will lead us.
>
> http://terpsboy.com/Articles/Rebuttal.html

WTF?  I'm not following you, boy.  Connect the dots here, please.

TaB