On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 09:14:19AM -0300, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > Erik Reuter wrote: > > > > So question Bush's sincerity, I certainly don't trust > > him. But whatever his motives, it is hard for me to > > imagine him botching the job so much > > that the people of Iraq are not much better off in > > the long run. > > > Not that I believe this - but I can imagine situations > that would make the people of Iraq much worse than > they are right now. > > For example, there could be a civil war, so instead > of the 1000s that Saddam goonies kill and torture > every day, we would have 10000. [these numbers > are *not* to be taken literally]
Do you think there could be a civil war on that scale with American (and maybe some other countries) troops in Iraq to keep the peace? I don't think it could be anywhere near that bad, and even if Bush doesn't plan to build a great country out of Iraq, it is highly unlikely he would allow such a civil war, it would make him look like a complete failure and that is one thing that he will not tolerate, no matter his sincerity. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
