> --no, the US killed hundreds of civilians and drove out the rest from
> town for a month or more. in the war during the last year, easily more
> civilians are dead than were killed by Sodom in recent years past.
> Since the recent past is most deeply engraved in most Iraqis' memories,
> I'd imagine that comparison is not a little relevant.
No, I think most Iraqis are intimately familiar with what the last 20 years of Saddam's rule, even if they weren't born yet.
> In order to 'win' in Iraq, the US would have had to either 1) make a
major
> Marshall Plan like investment in Iraq--out of the question given the
> goal of developing a client regime that will privatize like no tomorrow
> or
As I've said in the past, I favored option 1). You're probably not going to blow up Uncle Sam's nephews if he's lining your pocket.
-- Luke