[leftiesareloonie]

Seems like bad timing for this sort of thing to come out. Some Dems will feel duped. Al Quaida will score a "see I told you so" propoganda victory. Saddam will use this info to rally Arabs to his side. The Europeans will dig in their heels in the UN. Tony Blair will lose support in his own party.

I can't believe that anybody in the adminstration is speaking out like this now, of all times.

[bybybill]

This is from the NYT. Enough said.

[Vidalia]

This is a "DUH!" from the start!

What idiocy!

Iraq also has a "big giant plan" to occupy every damn area/country they think would be good fun to occupy, just like Hitler!

This is not news, it is stupidity.

Hey, you stupid assed reporter, do you know that lizards eat thousands of pounds of ants a day? Are you going to worry tomorrow about the extinction of the ant?

What absolute idiocy!

Somebody introduce these semi-literate reporters to the game of "Risk", for the only risk they seem to know about is the risk of their feed being cut off for something that is relevant.

As we have said so often on the net, "What a Waste of Bandwidth and Frequency, Kenneth..."

[Looking for Diogenes]

From reading the article it sure sounds like a planned administration disclosure rather than journalistic sleuthing.

Note that they are planning a Japanese-style, multi-year occupaton with full U.S. control instead of the looser control in Afghanistan. And that is even if Saddam is first overthrown in a coup.

[powderhorn]

Seems like bad timing for this sort of thing to come out. Some Dems will feel duped. Al Quaida will score a "see I told you so" propoganda victory.

Did anyone think that we were just going to go in, drop a few bombs, win a quick victory and then leave?

Yes, the Arab leaders will holler about American imperialism but in secret they will be happy. It's not just Saddam that they are worried about. The Arab leaders are terrified by their own festering populations.

And no, America will not bring democracy to the middle east. America will bring stability to the fragile regimes of the middle east. The American occupation of Iraq will not be quick, easy or cheap. But it will teach the crazy rabid factions in the Arab world a lesson that they've been dying to learn: Don't mess with the US or we'll come over and hold you down until you're ready to say Uncle.

[dalebert]

Its the NY Times. Just another lie.