turtlespeed 226 #26 September 16, 2004 QuoteFrom the BBC: US report predicts gloom in Iraq The best Iraqis can hope for is tenuous stability, the report says US officials have acknowledged the existence of a secret intelligence report on Iraq offering gloomy predictions for the country's future. The report - a compilation of assessments by intelligence agencies - puts forward three possible scenarios in Iraq by the end of 2005. They range from what the report calls tenuous stability to political fragmentation and civil war. It was prepared for President Bush before a recent escalation of violence. The BBC's Nick Childs at the Pentagon says the report is at odds with the more upbeat public statements which continue to emerge from the Bush administration. Many analysts in Washington are now raising doubts about whether it is realistic to plan for an election in Iraq in January, our correspondent says. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3664136.stm Why don't they just invite the UN in for just the election? Hell it's good enough for us.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel99 644 #27 September 17, 2004 As the UK and US created the mess it is their obligation to fix it. Handing over to the UN is completely unfair as the UN's major peacekeeping forces are the same guys that are on the ground now (US & UK). All that handing control over does is force other nations to pay for our governments mess. (Why should the French, Germans, Russians, Chinese pay for our mess?) Leaving it with the US & UK governments at least means they will pay the political price as the $$ increase...Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
