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Originally Posted by MuslimZ
It's not patronizing; it's harsh reality. Are there Iraqis capable of taking over the reigns and leading the country back to independence and stability? Most definitely. Are they in power now? Hell no. Until new leadership is put into power; Iraq is a ticking bomb that will implode. No amount of money you could throw at it would eliminate that threat.
That doesn't mean we embrace the status quo. It is the duty of the Iraqi people and occupying forces to establish legitimate, sincere, and uncorrupted government before we call for the withdrawal of military forces. Right now police forces are a joke, leadership is a circus, and inter-cooperation amongst Iraqis is a stand up act.
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"You Iraqis, eh? We can't take you anywhere. You always make a mess, you can't even run your own country without our help. If it wasn't for us, you'd be ripping each other to shreds." That sounds pretty patronizing to me.
The money I suggested is to help rebuild the country, and for reparations. If you break it, you pay for it. That should be the rule. The Americans went and blew the whole country apart. Remember Dumsfeld bragging about "shock and awe", or has it faded from the collective American memory?
The police force is a joke, because of the Americans. Who is training them? Who is overseeing them?
The leadership is a circus, because of the Americans. They marginalise and try to kill anyone who is popular, and they try and put forward, and prop up losers that no one has heard of, and no one wants there.
Inter-cooperation amongst Iraqis is a stand up act, because of the Americans. They are the ones that stirred up sectarianism, pitting one group against the other.
The Americans need to get out of Iraq... now.