[ArneFufkin]

And like Pristina in Kosovo- the residents of Baghdad can still expect not to have reliable electricity 5 years from now

Why do you think that?

[MEG33]

If I may hazard my interpretation...He was saying if we retreat into enclaves and turn Iraq over to warlords,etc,Iraq wouldn't have dependable electricity in 5 years.

[Burkeman1]

After the 78 day bombing capmpaign in Kosovo and Serbia under Clinton the electricity in Kosovo has never been fully repaired and is intermittent. Many basic public services are not what they had been since the bombing. This is a direct result of Clintonian occupation policy that leaves de facto control of the country to local crime and war lords. Bush may chose to follow the same path in Iraq.