-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/09/07 16:45, Paul Johnson wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > >>> I'd think that someone in the military would at least be aware >>> of concerns that the current situation may lead to a broader regional >>> conflict between Sunni and Shia. It has certainly affected the balance >>> of power in the region, with Iran being the big winner to date. >> Would the Sunni/Shia conflict have come anyway, whenever Saddam died? > > Very probably. Better question: Would we be paying trillions of dollars to > make it happen and get blamed for destabilizing the region when Saddam died > left to his own devices?
Have no fear. We'd have wasted the money on something else, and been blamed by non-Republicans and the rest of the world for something else. > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF8fOrS9HxQb37XmcRAkovAKCgeXC3fwa7NjCvv8b5w1SjswrG0gCbBPEa Syn5AWr1AGmzrov1jn7KIzA= =0SUa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]