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Wow. We disrupt a country by invading it, and no one wants to give us positive press while we restore the water and electricity. That's so unfair! They don't appreciate us for giving back what we knocked out!

I guess I was wrong to not give GWB attaboys for that.

Speaking of naivete, it seems you would link "disasters stateside" with the need to invade Iraq. You know, there are probably sleeper cells in Britain right now. Let's invade.

Certainly, moderate arabs/muslims would not fear that they were being duped by GWB. He's saving the duping for his allies, the UN, the AARP, and the impressionable American swing voter. (Which neither you nor I are.) Or maybe it's Cheney and Rove duping GWB.

So your declaration of "One similarity out of 1,000" allows you to ignore a valid point, huh? From my examples and others, that the local population wanted to call its own shots and resented those that were (even "well-intentioned") outsiders is THE similarity that matters.

Meanwhile, you assume a pro-western Iraqi government will magically appear, while you can't figure how it's relevant that Sadat was shot for being too Western by resentful muslims. OK, you wanted this. I guess I need to draw a connect the dots picture here (deep breath) but there are a couple resentful muslims in Iraq right now, and they don't want our government running theirs. Now, is that too complicated, or is that too dissimilar for you?

And while you're assuming what I'm advocating, how about I clarify: GWB was not qualified for the job he held, even after two years in office, when he invaded Iraq. I'm NOT saying Kerry is. But GWB's judgment was so awful, that as he now seeks to "run on his record" for re-election, he indicates to me that his judgment STILL leaves him not qualified for that office. He could be in the White House for 8 years, and he would leave that office less qualified than his dad was on the day his dad was sworn in. He's an embarrassment to this country. So was Clinton, so tied up in the Lewinsky mess that the GOP screamed "Wag the Dog" any time he wanted to do something about the carnage in SE Europe. Recently, Sen. McLain (R-AZ) came out and said stop the BS, he knows Kerry is NOT soft on defense, but adds lets talk about the real issues, taxes, education, social security. But some people on this site either did NOT know about that announcement by McLain OR feel they know MORE and better than Senator McLain does.


Give me a break.