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2008-06-24 Iraq

PM announces formation of 17 tribal councils in Missan

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Posted by Fred 2008-06-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 17th Century is still an improvement over the 7th century. Don't knock it.

As I kept telling anyone who listened: Nobody truly understood just how broken and backward Muzz culture is. Nobody. That is why the mess of 2004-2007. It took us 3 years to "get it" and figure out how to fix it.

Someday, the honest historians are going to have some realy nice things to say about Bush and Petreaus.

Posted by N guard 2008-06-24 08:53|| 2008-06-24 08:53|| Front Page Top

#2 "Something akin to late 1700s democracy: landowners, powerful merchants and tribal chiefs will run the country"

or a tad more relevantly, 1950's India. Or 2008 Pakistan ;)

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-06-24 09:27|| 2008-06-24 09:27|| Front Page Top

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