Just like Bush said . . . Iraqis will rule Iraq

[sMiLeYz]

Originally posted by: jjones

Originally posted by: DZip
Does anyone know how long the American Revolutionary war lasted (Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 to Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown on October 18, 1781)? 5 years, 3 months, 14 days. The Electoral College elected the first president of the United States (George Washington) on February 4, 1889. 7 years, 3 months, 16 days after the war ended.

The Iraqi war lasted less than 2 months. Do we really think we could see a leader elected to run possibly one the richest country in the Middle East in a few months?

Please quit saying things like this; you're spoiling all the criticism. If Iraq can't have a stable, democratic government in 3 weeks then obviously the US should be condemned.

Hell the US was codemned way before that.

 

[ConclamoLudus]

Its going to take years to see things really start progressing. I don't understand why people think that something like this can even stabilize in less than a year. I'm not saying that we'll have to be there for years upon years, but Iraq is not going to be safe anytime soon. Its going to probably get worse before it gets better, but eventually it will stabilize and become an example of how a nation's natural resources can benefit all of its citizens, not just its leaders, and soon enough other oil-rich nations will demand the same type of economic growth.