On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:57:16 +0900, Declan Murphy  ...
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>Brett Robson wrote:
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>> Firstly I'm not sure I have said that. I didn't want them (correction "us")
>> there in the first place. But in contrast to Afghanistan, the job needs to be
>> finished.
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>But how can it be finished? As much as I want my relatives out 
>(preferably like, right now), and didn't want them sent into that 
>gorrfosaken hole to start with, that place is never going to be stable 
>until the foreign troops leave and the next despot is securely in place.

Considering the Coalition of the Willing fucked up their country more in one
month than Sadam was capable of in 20 years I'd say there is a moral obligation
to at least get the utilites running.


>What is the current body count?
>

The number after the cesation of major operations has just hit parity with
before.



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