Leigh,Bush should have dealt with one problem at a time.They should have gone into Afghanistan and set up a moderate Govt that would give people the taste of freedom while also premoting education and good Governance.They should have controlled Saddham with sanctions and occasional force to keep him in line.Saddham was also a good was counter balance to the power of Iran.Now we have a situation of chaos in both Iraq and Afghanistan which is a ripe breeding ground for more terrorism.

Democracy may never evolve in the forseeable future in many Muslim Countries because of these extemist religious ideologies.How do we fight an ideological war when our opponents believe that their absolute god doesn't have to obey the laws of science and logic?The world will be flat two dimentional plane if Allah wills it.

It will take many decades to win this one,since it took the West Centuries to evolve it's present democratic system.

The Democrats may be able to enlist the help of other Arab nations to help find some kind of solution. The Republicans have rubbed most of the region up the wrong way and reduced the likelihood of any cooperative approach, and they didn't bother considering the likely response of the Iraqi people.

If they win, the first thing the Democrats should do is make sure every Iraqi man, woman and child knows Bush is no longer in charge.

Then they should acknowledge that nothing the American military does there can work because they're all American.

Then they should promise to quit pontificating, then quit pontificating and promise that from now on, all American aid money will go to Iraqis rebuilding Iraq for themselves instead of American contractors. Then they should actually do that too.

"Then they should acknowledge that nothing the American military does there can work because they're all American.
Then they should promise to quit pontificating, then quit pontificating and promise that from now on, all American aid money will go to Iraqis rebuilding Iraq for themselves instead of American contractors. Then they should actually do that too. "

Very true indeed Chainsmoker! Undoing the disaster which Bush
and his not very bright team have created, will not be easy.
As they old saying goes, its not what you say but how you
say it, that has been alot of the problem.

Disolving the Iraqi army was the first major disaster, its continued
from there. Lets face it, if Arab armies were in Australia
fighting, telling us what to do, how would we feel?