| where is the evidence to say that the resistance doesn't have the majority support of the iraqis (even if they aren't taking part, it doesn't mean theey don't support it)? i might seema bit hypocritical here, cos i don't have any evidence to hand, but the rising death toll, and the increasing amount of space that the rebels hold says something.
if the US etc stayed in iraq and at the same time handed over power to a government, wouldn't that government just be a puppet government? it wouldn't be representative of iraqis, it would be the coalition troops carrying out it's policies, and in terms of the balance of forces, the US could easily just veto any decision that a government made, because what would stop them?
when the US stayed in Japan and Germany after WW3 it wasn't because the government were nice and wanting to help the people out it was to stop the spread of communism, which is why they pumped so much economic aid in. |