That is what amazes me the most. Poeple with backgrounds such as yourself saying how they've seen this all before. Yet so many keep their heads in the sand to history repeating itself.

>>In case you missed my prior post, here's a link to a in-depth analysis of the early days of the rebuilding of Iraq:
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>>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14868608/
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>>Just think, you or I could be there if we had only made a small contribution to the republican party.
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>So boring. Just like back home in socialist times. Loyalty to The Party always trumps competence. I could have felt nostalgia... except that's exactly what I didn't like then. And still don't like.