--- Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 04:41:23PM -0500, Dan > Minette wrote: > Well said. I clearly remember what you wrote before > and in the early > stages of the Iraq war. I think that events have > shown me to be wrong > about the Iraq invasion -- as you say, although it > turned out better for > Iraqis, overall the cost was too high. I think that > of all the people > that posted thoughts and opinions then, the > following events have shown > your ideas to be the most correct and the best > course of action. If only > Bush had you as an adviser! > > -- > Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ >
I'm not clear on why you believe this. The overall number of American and Iraqi casualties is lower - significantly lower - than most people would have anticipated before the war (myself included). For the other things - it's too soon to tell, but some early signs of reform in the Muslim world are very good. Within Iraq itself things are clearly very far from ideal - on the other hand, the predictions of many opponents of the war were clearly much farther from where we are today than the predictions of most proponents. No massive refugee crisis, no Iraqi civil war, etc. etc. etc. Sistani, much to my shock, even appears to be something of a democrat - surely a hopeful sign for the future - while al Sadr appears to have little or no support in the mass of the Iraqi population. There are, equally, many bad signs, and it's foolish to underplay them. But it seems to me that the worst thing you can say about the war right now is that it's too soon to tell how this is going to turn out. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
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