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This is exactly what many feared.
Reader comment on item: A Strongman for Iraq?
Submitted by Bill (United States), Apr 28, 2003 at 10:09
This proposal is the very scenario that many anti-war activists believed was the actual desired outcome of the war by this administration, and which many Iraqis feared was what America really intended for them...Strongman = dictator selected by the coalition
Inch towards freedom = no free Iraqi press
Pull back to a few military bases = set up Imperial garrisons
All the lines about local elections, growing institutions of democracy are fluff. They are nice sounding words for an empty promise. The reality here would be an American client state propped up by an American garrison.
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| Seven years later, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat agrees with this strategy [13 words] | PezDispenser | Aug 7, 2010 17:27 | 176465 | ||
| A Strongman for Iraq... [369 words] | Eleanor Goldstein | Nov 12, 2006 11:04 | 65916 | ||
| Get real [165 words] | David | May 26, 2004 15:14 | 15371 | ||
| Is it possible? [42 words] | Pamela | May 10, 2003 18:24 | 8993 | ||
| Freedom [23 words] | Stephen | May 6, 2003 04:19 | 8875 | ||
| Why did we bother? [253 words] | Glenn Klotz | May 5, 2003 13:42 | 8870 | ||
| Faux strongman only [57 words] | Erik Rosaen | May 4, 2003 14:43 | 8862 | ||
| Did the US inch to democracy in steps? [66 words] | Derek | May 2, 2003 05:44 | 8837 | ||
| Re: Pipes Is right [89 words] | Khaldoun Khelil | May 2, 2003 03:35 | 8835 | ||
| and who will pay? [139 words] | roy | May 1, 2003 20:53 | 8830 | ||
| The real motives [138 words] | Jose L Acevedo | May 1, 2003 19:15 | 8826 | ||
 I agree with Jose L Acevedo [7 words] | S Z K | Feb 12, 2006 06:14 | 8826 | ||
| Ignorance is bliss [90 words] | Peter | May 1, 2003 11:11 | 8814 | ||
| Nonsense [503 words] | Abu Fitnah | May 1, 2003 02:56 | 8812 | ||
| Once Again, False Advertising [762 words] | Mark | May 1, 2003 00:14 | 8811 | ||
| Re-Install Saddam Hussein? [276 words] | Oliver Boyd-Barrett | Apr 30, 2003 18:19 | 8807 | ||
| I Don't see it working [124 words] | Tom Bewick | Apr 30, 2003 16:10 | 8805 | ||
| Moderate Muslims [45 words] | Ayesha A. | Apr 30, 2003 15:14 | 8802 | ||
| Maybe it won't take that long [102 words] | R Barger | Apr 30, 2003 13:15 | 8797 | ||
| Bravo - I think? [25 words] | Bruce L. Murray | Apr 30, 2003 11:56 | 8796 | ||
| Lack of history sense [166 words] | Neil Abramson | Apr 30, 2003 11:45 | 8794 | ||
| Please listen [22 words] | John W. McGnley | Apr 30, 2003 11:34 | 8793 | ||
| Back to square one? [122 words] | Ahmad Kamal Abdollah | Apr 30, 2003 10:25 | 8791 | ||
| Who knows what Iraqi are capable of? [74 words] | Sally | Apr 30, 2003 09:42 | 8789 | ||
| Start a ccc program [96 words] | Ted Green | Apr 30, 2003 09:03 | 8788 | ||
| Impossible [69 words] | Philip Snyder | Apr 30, 2003 07:53 | 8785 | ||
| Your disperect [634 words] | Abdul Razak Harun | Apr 30, 2003 06:15 | 8784 | ||
| Ataturk [112 words] | John | May 21, 2008 16:06 | 8784 | ||
| To John [277 words] | Abdul Razak | May 22, 2008 03:33 | 8784 | ||
| Saddam Hussein was a strongman... [128 words] | H Luce | Apr 30, 2003 03:27 | 8782 | ||
| Ditch The Onion, Try Scrappleface.com [142 words] | John Hadjisky | Apr 29, 2003 21:11 | 8775 | ||
| Not in our national interest [185 words] | Sean Olson | Apr 29, 2003 19:12 | 8774 | ||
| Problems with Fundamentalism in Government [59 words] | Jaime Eisen | Apr 29, 2003 17:12 | 8773 | ||
| Keep doing what you are doing... [134 words] | John W. McGinley | Apr 29, 2003 16:52 | 8769 | ||
| Re: comment, "Arab Democracy" [54 words] | Khaldoun Khelil | Apr 29, 2003 16:39 | 8768 | ||
| Praiseworthy as always [15 words] | Alexander Barretto | Apr 29, 2003 15:54 | 8767 | ||
| 1 | Deja vu? [37 words] | Jim Vinsel | Apr 29, 2003 13:56 | 8762 | |
| Auditions for Strongman [77 words] | Philip R. Johnson | Apr 29, 2003 13:24 | 8761 | ||
| WANTED: Dead or Alive, WMD [56 words] | sottomon | Apr 29, 2003 11:48 | 8759 | ||
| Bravo for common sense! [38 words] | Reuben Landau | Apr 29, 2003 11:40 | 8758 | ||
| Iraqis demand "Yes to Islam" [82 words] | A. A. | Apr 29, 2003 09:31 | 8757 | ||
| Arab democracy [71 words] | Henry E Wellington | Apr 29, 2003 03:24 | 8755 | ||
| It might be good improvisation, but [163 words] | Alain Jean-Mairet | Apr 29, 2003 02:18 | 8754 | ||
| Are you sure? [47 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Wallace Edward Brand | Apr 28, 2003 23:40 | 8752 | ||
| Pipes is right. [182 words] | Allen Davies | Apr 28, 2003 22:35 | 8751 | ||
| A Strongman for Iraq? Where can we find him? [179 words] | Doris Fitzgerald | Apr 28, 2003 21:53 | 8750 | ||
| Who's behind these mullahs? [43 words] | D Weiss | Apr 28, 2003 21:48 | 8749 | ||
| Homegrown strongman wanted... apply inside [304 words] | Khaldoun Khelil | Apr 28, 2003 19:48 | 8745 | ||
| Militant Islam vs. Moderate Islam [84 words] | Bruce Gilboord | Apr 28, 2003 18:46 | 8742 | ||
| I respectfully disagree [385 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Bill Brent | Apr 28, 2003 17:53 | 8739 | ||
| Appreciation [135 words] | Gary Jones | Apr 28, 2003 17:36 | 8738 | ||
| Civil Rights Before Elections [226 words] | David Jacob | Apr 28, 2003 17:29 | 8737 | ||
| The Evolution of a perceptual consciousness to a Conceptual one. [288 words] | David Smith | Apr 28, 2003 17:09 | 8736 | ||
| 3 | There is no Difference between Islam and Radical Islam [548 words] | Yael Medved | Apr 28, 2003 16:53 | 8735 | |
| Basics in Iraq [225 words] | Ron Burgo PhD | Apr 28, 2003 16:48 | 8734 | ||
| Good ideas overall. [77 words] | Gary Ford | Apr 28, 2003 16:29 | 8733 | ||
| Guiding Iraq toward Democracy [234 words] | John F. Bradley | Apr 28, 2003 15:35 | 8730 | ||
| Brilliant analysis! [77 words] | Gorge Solomos | Apr 28, 2003 15:02 | 8729 | ||
| Can I Use This in Indonesia? [439 words] | William McAuley | Apr 28, 2003 14:57 | 8728 | ||
| Democracy: a red herring [368 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Alan Nitikman | Apr 28, 2003 14:54 | 8727 | ||
| Wishful Thinking [271 words] | E.A. Remler | Apr 28, 2003 14:50 | 8726 | ||
| Strongman for Iraq? [74 words] | Sheldon Rabinowitz | Apr 28, 2003 14:31 | 8725 | ||
| Lasting Peace in Iraq? Divide Iraq along Ethnic and Religious Lines [329 words] | William Bryan | Apr 28, 2003 14:23 | 8724 | ||
| Strongman for Iraq? [111 words] | Kyle Gosnell | Apr 28, 2003 14:13 | 8721 | ||
| Correct Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription [256 words] | Todd Wintering | Apr 28, 2003 13:53 | 8719 | ||
| Another Alternative - Far-Fetched? [618 words] | Ilona Melstrads | Apr 28, 2003 13:37 | 8718 | ||
| In total agreement with your views [102 words] | Carmen Waggoner, Ph.D. | Apr 28, 2003 13:31 | 8717 | ||
| I don't agree [136 words] | Toufic | Apr 28, 2003 13:20 | 8716 | ||
| on "a strongman for Iraq" [79 words] | Daniel Tauber | Apr 28, 2003 13:11 | 8715 | ||
| These two can't be together [175 words] | George El Masri | Apr 28, 2003 12:45 | 8713 | ||
| Comments to Iraqi Strongman [157 words] | Mark Smith | Apr 28, 2003 12:27 | 8712 | ||
| Strongman for Iraq [131 words] | Toni Hupp | Apr 28, 2003 11:56 | 8711 | ||
| Strongman for Iraq [123 words] | Jim Saxon | Apr 28, 2003 11:01 | 8708 | ||
| The New Iraq [115 words] | Hikmat Faraj | Apr 28, 2003 10:11 | 8707 | ||
 This is exactly what many feared. [94 words] | Bill | Apr 28, 2003 10:09 | 8706 | ||
| We already have a strong man. [174 words] | William Hart | Apr 28, 2003 10:09 | 8705 | ||
| U.S. Role in Iraq [157 words] | A.J. Karloff | Apr 28, 2003 09:54 | 8703 | ||
| On target! [62 words] | Gloria | Apr 28, 2003 09:50 | 8702 | ||
| Pervez Musharraf, for example? [51 words] | Mel Fechter | Apr 28, 2003 09:46 | 8700 | ||
| Pretty interesting [19 words] | Nedra | Apr 28, 2003 06:47 | 8697 |
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