I was reading this article and it struck me as a good explanation of what the U.S. expects in Iraq but at the same time is it workable or even possible?
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...icle621899.ece

Here is a short part taken from that article at the heart of my question.

Only if the Bush Administration is able to fill Iraq with American controlled politicians which has already happened. To truly do it the US has to knock out the rebel forces fighting American occupation and that will be impossible. I would'nt be suprised if we're stuck there for another seven years or longer.

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There is no such thing as limited democracy. Either the masses are in control of their government or they are not.

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Then we're screwed.

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I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.

...as are all the nations of the Earth...

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"A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened."

How so? We can replace our elected representatives any time we want. They are the ones that have the power to change the laws we are governed by.

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Well, the names and faces in the government change, but the people running it rarely do. Speaking of that, Nawbut, I got an interesting e-mail last week from the mysterious Oz behind the curtain at our company. It appears that he believes the Dems will make great strides in November, so he encourages us to donate money to the industry PAC. It appears we may have new faces to bribe and we need the funds.

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If we could all successfully convince ourselves of this we would have attained to the sole political perspective which would assure that it will never be true....

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"A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened."

As long as they are either compassionate-hawks or militant-doves my willing stipend is in the post, as always...

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"A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened."

Ahh, the best part is that your stipend largely determines what they are and aren't.

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