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Well, often a "elected dictator" starts off as an elected official that grabs power and becomes "presedent for life" of some other silly title. When we (the US in particualr, here) leave Iraq and they possibly elect a brand new oppresive dictatorship we could be right back where we started....or worse even. In the long run we'll have to take our chances that the Iraqui people really do want change.
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Gambling with the future of Iraq and the people in it is just a little too costly, what with those outstanding contracts that would be threatened by something as pesky as true autonomy and all, for the US to hand over the reigns and leave non-reimbursed.
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Well..."non-reimbursed" is relative. I'm sure there will be a nice air force base in it for us at the least.
And I'm SHOCKED that you might think the Bush administration capable of any electoral wrong-doings. Shocked, I say!
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And this all -amazingly- comes to light now.... Just in time for his new "tell all" book to become a bestseller! Funny how theses things just seem to happen, huh?
Really, how many meetings on WMD are we supposed to believe the Treasury Secretary was in on?
Bush: Paul, do we have enough cash to invade Iraq?
O'Neil: ...um...only if we create a massive defecit that will last forever and that...
Bush: GREAT! Thanks for coming by, Paul.
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@Veers (and everyone else too for that matter): Talking about intelligence, did anyone take the free IQ test in the sponsor banner above the article? Really interesting...
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quote:WASHINGTON (CNN) - The Treasury Department has asked for an investigation into how a possibly classified document appeared in a televised interview of ex-Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, a department spokesman said Monday.
Treasury Spokesman Rob Nichols said that "based on the '60 minutes' interview aired Sunday night there was a document shown that appeared to be classified."
Senior Treasury Department staff met Monday morning and decided to refer the matter to the department's Inspector General, who will review to see if further investigation is warranted, Nichols said.
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Or a disgruntled and humiliated administration, eh? Y'know, like the one that revealed that what's-his-name's (Wilson?) wife worked for the CIA after he criticized the Bushies.
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