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Originally posted by taxwonk
Well, let's start with the fact that it's not our territory.
If you can get past the imperialism argument (and I can, by the way) then the real issues are only (i) are we committed to spend the money and lose the lives necessary to stay; and (ii) are we prepared for the tax increases necessary to pay for it?
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That's fair, on the first. Although I'm not sure whose territory it is. Saddam's? What is his claim of right to it--certainly not democratic elections. It belongs to the people, generally speaking, who inhabit it. And the choice they face is having Saddam run the place or us run the place, at least for a time.
Agree on i and ii, which are both fair questions, but really concern only the cost to americans, not iraqis.
