If I can make a very sexist statement and observation.


The governments in the Mid East only understand the "my thing is bigger"
way of dealing.

They bargain face to face but never with any promise of carrying out with the agreement.

When the fit hits the shan, they put their palms up and say, "I don't have any contol over my people!"

A strong reponse in Iraq was to have taken care of the Saddam-ster in '91
when we have the help and the attention of the Coalition.
And it shold have been expalined this way.

"Look, we don't like this shiat, and we will help if you need it....but as the big Kahuna we are gonna decide who stays and who goes", in that same vein that
they deal with us...A little hard-assedness, tempered with some slack, never lost a war.

If we look at the basic problem of Iraq it's OK to kill each other one bomb blast at a time.....but not OK to patrol, try to keep the peace and repair the infrastructure...


What are we doing wrong?