Mission Accomplished ...... The Mid East is now a mess .... thanx *

[Botany]

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/19/opinion/edray.php

Middle East: Reaping what Bush sowed

Charles A. Kupchan and Ray Takeyh International Herald Tribune

Published: July 19, 2006

<WASHINGTON The Middle East is burning. From Baghdad to Beirut, car bombs, suicide attacks, air strikes and a grim tally of civilian deaths are the new currency of daily life.

The extremist and rejectionist machinations of Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hezbollah are partly to blame. But so is an American administration that thought it could transform the Middle East overnight, using regime change in Iraq to jump start rapid democratization throughout the region.
Instead, Washington's ideological hubris and practical incompetence have succeeded only in setting the region ablaze, awakening extremist and militant voices.

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The toppling of Saddam Hussein was intended to send shock waves across the Arab world, intimidating the region's brittle tyrannies while encouraging the spontaneous civic movements that have brought democracy to much of post-Communist Europe. In Iraq itself, democrats were to replace a brutal autocrat, providing a model for the region.
Precisely the opposite has happened. The war has not only engulfed Iraq in violence and made the country a magnet for jihadists, but it has also awakened sectarian tensions that are spreading beyond Iraq's borders. From Saudi Arabia to Lebanon, Shiites and Sunnis are cautiously eyeing each other, heading for a mounting rivalry that has already helped plunge Lebanon into chaos.>


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But don't worry Condi is going to do something tomorrow ............ :puke:

[Buzz Clik]

1. Condi's on it. She'll be there about .... ten minutes after Israel quits

Bush doesn't want to interfere with the incursion we're financing.

[DemonFighterLives]

2. dubby has his smirk back

He is actually proud of the death and destruction. Halliburton is drooling over the rebuilding contracts.
:argh:

[partylessinOhio]

3. Condi is a coward and incompetent. She also is wearing NO CLOTHES!

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. That's part of the reason Dubya has his smirk back.........