Iraq after victory. What then?

Submitted by Brad Bucher (United States), Oct 2, 2002 at 08:58

So, what is foreseeable in Iraq after the hopefully quick military victory? We will forceably remove the dangerous chemicals, weapons, etc., and the Hussein family, but subsequent occupation would presumably subject any occupying non-Muslims to intense hatred and covert attacks--Vietnam at its worst. Any Muslim government we insert would hardly be reliable, or even stable. Ideas?

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