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Submitted by Patrick Casey (United States), May 5, 2004 at 18:42

A secular dictator sympathetic to the U.S.A is the best way out of this situation.

The Iraqi populace does not understand or want democracy. History and the present time reveal that Arab people are led by a royal family/tribe, dictator, or single political party.

If not for the invasion of Kuwait and his support of freedom fighters/terrorists in the Middle East, Saddam would be the model for this position. Remember, we supported Saddam in the early eighties.

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Title	Commenter	Date	Thread
Strongman? Remember the Shah of Iran? [34 words]	Drew LIberty	May 21, 2004 22:09	15313
let Arabs sort themselves out [102 words]	Yuval Brandstetter MD	May 17, 2004 14:29	15255
Saddam II [34 words]	Tanru	May 11, 2004 20:11	15146
Iraqi strongman before 30 June [47 words]	Ali	May 10, 2004 17:10	15106
The Only Thing The Iraqi's Need Is For The Christians To Get The Hell Out of Their Country [77 words]	Mike Zeldis	May 9, 2004 19:41	15096
The real question [80 words]	Phil Safran	May 7, 2004 20:56	15081
surrender? [216 words]	Javier Loscertales	May 7, 2004 12:49	15078
Comment on Iraqi Emerging Strongman [153 words]	Alex M Berlin	May 6, 2004 17:07	15072
Iraqi Situation [465 words]	John R. Peacher	May 6, 2004 08:59	15069
IRAQI SITUATION [231 words]	Haider Naqvi	Apr 9, 2006 03:39	15069
Best way out [76 words]	Patrick Casey	May 5, 2004 18:42	15066
Re: strongman for Iraq [270 words]	Ruby Mercer	May 5, 2004 17:12	15065
Like the strongman idea, but... [65 words]	Adam C. Kolasinski	May 5, 2004 15:07	15064
A Whack Upside The Head [235 words]	Tom Krueger	May 5, 2004 12:09	15062
"Democratically-minded strongman" [378 words]	Chris Atwood	May 5, 2004 10:55	15061
History Repeats [19 words]	Gandesha	May 5, 2004 10:43	15060
Where's Chalabi and the Iraqi Leadership? [93 words]	Michael T. Alexander	May 5, 2004 10:24	15059
Wishful thinking [277 words]	Bill Brent	May 5, 2004 01:52	15054
The Iraqis and the Americans agree on something [43 words]	Rob Foshee	May 4, 2004 23:29	15052
If that is the good news, what about... ? [33 words]	Hans Guggenheim	May 4, 2004 21:53	15051
Iraq....who will rule? [125 words]	Kim Segar	May 4, 2004 20:26	15050
Saleh as Leader in Iraq...and the prisoner scandal [96 words]	John Loth	May 4, 2004 20:04	15049
Who will be in charge in Iraq? [20 words]	JimS	May 4, 2004 20:00	15048
Is an Iraqi Strongman Emerging? [14 words]	Menahem Dunsky	May 4, 2004 19:08	15047
Iraqis expatriates feel the same way [88 words]	Azmath Syed	May 4, 2004 18:59	15046
This is So predictable [126 words]	Darwin Barrett	May 4, 2004 18:58	15045
Agree [48 words]	Ken Hathaway	May 4, 2004 17:56	15043
Have you considered? [120 words]	Bernard Freedman	May 4, 2004 17:53	15042
Gaza Peace Plan [11 words]	Dr. S. C. Yuter	May 4, 2004 17:04	15040
A strongman will very likely end up as a new Saddam [305 words]	Vijay Dandapani	May 4, 2004 17:03	15039
Why would the Shia go along? [27 words]	Lloyd Green	May 4, 2004 16:29	15036