Article

2006-03-12 Iraq

Minister: Iraq is 'a mess' but it's a mess that looks familiar to us

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by lotp 2006-03-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Well if we're going to be catty about it, Britain et al gave us the Treaty of Versailles [because they knew better than them damn amateur Yanks] and as a consequence WWII. The stupid Yanks gave you the Marshal Plan, NATO and the longest period of peace in central Europe since the Romans. You all whined about cowboy Reagan and how he was going to start WWIII, but you got the fall of the 'Evil Empire' and democracy in eastern Europe [no thanks to the French]. So yeah, go yapping along the old line about I would never take my guidance from swivel-eyed right-wing Americans and I'm surprised that anybody ever did. You certainly know how to do it better than us stupid Yanks.

Posted by Glising Chaviling8280 2006-03-12 08:23|| 2006-03-12 08:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Some food for thought from the Rand Commission (on nation-building)and the International Crisis Group (on sectarian conflict in Iraq):
http://www.boell.de/downloads/demokratiefoerderung/dobbins_americas_role.pdf

http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=3980<

Posted by Listen To Dogs 2006-03-12 08:57|| 2006-03-12 08:57|| Front Page Top

#3 My crappy cut-and-paste browser at work again:
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=3980

Posted by Listen To Dogs 2006-03-12 09:00|| 2006-03-12 09:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Geeze more good news that the MSM or TSM (terrorist supporting media) will not cover.

Posted by Icerigger 2006-03-12 14:50|| 2006-03-12 14:50|| Front Page Top

14:36 Icerigger
14:28 Poitiers-Lepanto
14:31 Icerigger
00:00 Edward Yee
23:56 Edward Yee
23:52 Rafael
23:51 Edward Yee
23:50 Edward Yee
23:47 Edward Yee
23:46 Edward Yee
23:39 Edward Yee
23:37 JosephMendiola
23:34 Edward Yee
23:33 Edward Yee
23:28 Edward Yee
23:20 Edward Yee
23:17 USN Ret.
23:13 JosephMendiola
23:09 DMFD
22:59 JosephMendiola
22:41 doc
22:41 phil_b
22:32 VRWconspiracy
22:30 Desert Blondie