He promises to increase the strength of Iraqi army in order to petter protect themselves.

Seems to me the main thing they need to protect themselves against is... US.

It is small solace to me that even before the first mobilization of US forces began back in 2002--2003, I was telling people "I reserve the right to say in a few years, 'I told you so' ".

Here is something I posted on this bbs more than three years ago, and I was espousing that viewpoint longer ago than that.

President Bush may well go down in history as the man who did more long-term harm to this country than any other President in its history. For sure he damaged us more than Osama Bin Laden ever managed to do.

tanstaafl.