> > Stand alone democracy? no. > > But, they have reached 15 of the 18 benchmarks that we put in place > for them. I find that remarkable. They will be able to stand on their > own feet, it will just take some time. But they are making good > progress.
A point about that, they could meet those 15 benchmarks only because the current administration changed them a few months ago. If the current Iraqi regime were required to meet the original benchmarks, which were pretty low hanging fruit in the first place, they would have failed on all 18. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:263334 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
