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Originally posted by Eddie@Sep 8 2003, 10:24 PM
whose to say that the UN wont send any troops? If you didn't notice, some of the countries, such as France, have changed their tune to the whole war with Iraq.
Even though there still is fighting here and there, it is fair to say that the war is pretty much won, and only time can fix the problems at hand.
It is only a matter of wanting to share that piece of pie with other countries, in exchange for military support.
So the government must either share the pie, pull in more troops, or save-face by thinking the problem will be dealt with before re-election time.
your #2 doesn't make any sense to me, why pull out and take the political fallout for sake of re-election? That will just show that this war was a big waste of time, money, reputation, and most importantly, life. This will kill his re-election. |
france didn't change it's tune to the whole war with iraq. france, back in 1999, was heavily in favour of doing something about saddam's flagrant disregard to un resolutions. france did not support the invasion of iraq, but it did want something to be done. and when it comes to rebuilding iraq, france is showing the same interest it did; in being a part of aiding the iraq people.
secondly, the war is not pretty much won. the actual offensive battles against iraqs army are over, but jihadis and militant organizations are only starting to surface. if you think this will be over anytime soon, you're deluding yourself.
thirdly, the only "pie" to share is the cost of rebuilding iraq's infrastructure. if the us holds true to it's orginal statements, the "pie" will belong entirely to the iraqis, who will do with it what they see fit.
and you're misinterpreting his #2. he said election fallout. fallout is
bad.