[muawiyah]

It's the LA Times standard spin. Remember, these guys want the US to fail.

[NutCrackerBoy]

We should not be more willing to help our adversaries than our friends. -Michael Rubin

This whole effort is so frustrating when our own bureaucrats won't buy into certain simple truths, like: we defeated the previous Iraqi regime. By all reason, we select the form of government; and that includes materially working against those who would set up a theocracy.