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tw · 03-26-2003, 06:03 PM

Previously I had asked how, after war has ended, how should this war be settled. What should be the political settlement? What are the occupation plans for the next two to five years? This post reminds everyone that no one has posted a reply. Why? I suspect because no one has even given serious (more than passing) consideration to this question - even at the highest levels of government. What happens to Iraq after the war has ended should have been well established and defined already.

Of course such plans assume the population would widely welcome their liberators. We don't even know if that is true - and yet must to be planning for Iraq's future.

If you want America to be the world policeman, then you better be that fully versed in these kinds of questions - everyday. It is why Americans 30 years ago did not want to be world policemen. But with the new doctrine of preemption, Americans must decide the future of other nations and therefore be fully knowledgeable to vote those decisions.

03-26-2003, 06:03 PM	#1
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Previously I had asked how, after war has ended, how should this war be settled. What should be the political settlement? What are the occupation plans for the next two to five years? This post reminds everyone that no one has posted a reply. Why? I suspect because no one has even given serious (more than passing) consideration to this question - even at the highest levels of government. What happens to Iraq after the war has ended should have been well established and defined already. Of course such plans assume the population would widely welcome their liberators. We don't even know if that is true - and yet must to be planning for Iraq's future. If you want America to be the world policeman, then you better be that fully versed in these kinds of questions - everyday. It is why Americans 30 years ago did not want to be world policemen. But with the new doctrine of preemption, Americans must decide the future of other nations and therefore be fully knowledgeable to vote those decisions. Last edited by tw; 03-26-2003 at 06:07 PM.