Well I think that you asked how do we feel about it. We feel that that\ufffds not a good idea and the neighboring countries ought not to try an influence the outcome of the situation there. Over time the Iraqi\ufffds are going to figure out a way to manage their future and it will be consistent with the principles that we set out. A single country, a country that doesn\ufffdt have weapons of mass destruction, doesn\ufffdt threaten its neighbors and is respectful of the rights of minorities and religious diversity in the country.


Now, "we" obviously hold a personal bias toward "our principles." But is Rummy intentionally missing the obvious irony in his statement. We don't think Iraq will want their gov't to be influenced by outside states... so we, as an outside state will do more than influence, we'll dictate.

ughgh... Iraq isn't quite the Virgin Islands, but as a colony it'll offer something completely different.

mx.