It should be pretty bloody clear that we're in for the long haul in Iraq. Any student of history can easily see that all these little demonstrations against us, all the little disgruntlement.... that's totally normal. Happened in Japan, happened in Germany. That's just the way things are. I think the proposal to have India send 15,000 troops is
very interesting. Why India? Well, they have a lot of experience occupying Muslim areas, that's for sure. I don't know if that's a good thing, in this case, though. It would go a very long way towards solidifying the growing relationship between the US and India. It sets things up nicely for a full-fleged WWIII. I'm not in the ranting mood.