[Rhodes22-list] Leaving Iraq?

[stan]

I continue to be impressed with how smart Rhodes owners are.   Of course I 
should not be surprised - they all opted for Rhodes sailboats.

ss
.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Bradley" <dwbrad at gmail.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 11:39 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Leaving Iraq?


>A lot of interesting posts, opinions, facts, and speculation the past few
> days.  Regardless of whether there is or was a plan for quickly
> accomplishing the mission (or whether the mission was clearly defined), 
> it's
> pretty clear to me that we need a new plan now.  Wouldn't now be the time 
> to
> try to create a Regional Solution?  It seems to me our Middle East 
> policies
> have been out of step with the region for decades, having been grounded in 
> a
> post-WWII set of assumptions.
>
> My opinion:  we'll never fix this ourselves, and the forces from outside
> Irag are fueling the dissension from within, so they'll have lttle hope of
> solving it on their own.  Somewhere between the dogma of religous
> revolutionaries and self-interest of oil sheiks is the potential for an
> educated Middle Eastern middle class.  How 'bout the USA help create THAT
> coalition?
>
> Dave B
> __________________________________________________
> Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
>