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Old 06-21-2004, 10:04 PM   #52
richlevy
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Originally posted by slang

3.) After the handoff on the 30th, the new Iraqi government will be kicking ass and taking names like the US *should be* now, but cant due to "public opinion".

Yeah? Them and what army? I mean that literally. After the US spent so much time hunting down former Baathists, a group which included most of the senior military, what capable leaders are there who aren't already running competing militias?

The new government will have zero street cred.
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