Gameplan Iraq

The final phase of our engagement has begun, and so
we are TRULY winding down our combat operations and
pseudo-occupation. The cost has been great, but
BECAUSE it was the people of Iraq themselves who
brought Saddam to justice, then it is true that it
was a war of liberation. I certainly did not expect
him to get hung, and said as much--perhaps too loudly--
during the negotiations to "capture" him. Maybe he
believed he'd be in the Hague next to Milosevich. That's
what I believed. But then the people of Iraq tried him
and hung him, in a trial Ramsey Clarke says was unfair.
But then Clarke was applying American Sovereign STANDARDS
of justice. This was an internal matter, and it is clear
that IF the people of Iraq were WHO brought Saddam to justice,
and IF the people of Iraq were WHO fought off al kaeda, then
it WAS a war of liberation. Of course, with the numbers of
innocent killed, we truly should never have expected people
to come running out of their houses with roses. Not after
shock and awe. But they did show that we were welcome, eventually,
not to stay, but to provide the support and backing because of
which the name "Anbar" shall forever be synonymous with the ABILITY
to defeat islamic terrorism. That's a major psychological boost
and a great victory for America's aspirations in the region. It is
a long term parternship, and we expect that as al kaeda remains resilient,
so also shall the Iraqi's remain... free. Going forward, sustaining
peace and stability in Iraq will have to do with what we are discussing
below. Oil revenues and corruption:
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