[Captain Kirk]

As many of us have pointed out, religious zeal and nationalism are indeed predictable consequences of an attempt to occupy and "reform" a medieval hell-hole like Iraq. This is only the beginning.

[My2Cents]

I agree. The future may show that our effort to create a representative government and an open society in Iraq failed. But in the final analysis, whatever they develop will probably be infinitely better than Saddam's regime.

[dwswager]

As many of us have pointed out, religious zeal and nationalism are indeed predictable consequences of an attempt to occupy and "reform" a medieval hell-hole like Iraq. This is only the beginning.

This is one agitator in the group. Give it a rest. This is not going to be easy, and all the doom saying won't help. You guys sound like you should be on Democratic Underground.