Hussein's eventual death will cause decline in violence

[JackSwift]

Hussein is not out there giving orders and organizing the violence in Iraq. He is in fact truly hated in Iraq. But once he is dead and has no chance of coming back, nobody in Iraq has any motive to support the interim government. The sociopaths in Washington are unable to put themselves in the shoes of Iraqis. The death of Hussein will unite the Iraqis, but not behind the occupying powers: it will unite them behind getting the occupiers out, as they will no longer fear a possible return by Hussein. Is the Administration prepared to have both a step up in the violent opposition and a new civil disobedience? I'm hoping for Hussein to part this world ASAP, but there will be consequences.

[CWebster]

1. While Chalibi's rise

will only increase it.

[blm]

2. I think you're right, Jack.

The Bushies better wise up fast and get OFF the occupation scenario and get the UN and NATO in their ASAP to help the Iraqis establish a government of their own.

[whoYaCallinAlib]

3. Good advice.

For the good of our country, we have got to bring in at least NATO if not the UN. Okay, so a few guys have to eat crow by asking the UN for help, but the alternative is to continue losing our finest young men in this continuing guerilla war.

[Jacobin]

4. They are, and have been for the last two years, engaged in

Magical Thinking, and what DrBB has accurately described as GroupThink.

[antineocon1]

5. I agree with this scenerio...

Addnan Odeh, a wiseman who once counciled the King of Jordan and wrote much about the I/P conflict, basically has stated that once the Saddam threat is gone, the people will fight the occupiers.

[KellyW]

6. Some think that the biggest mistake

That the Sandinistas made was kill Somoza.
As long as he was alive he would insist on being the center of the opposition.
After he was killed, the Contras could form an opposition that was untainted by the Somoza regime.

[StandWatie]

7. of course..

but I really think the Hawk's believe with all their hearts that no one in Iraq but a mean "fascist" Saddam lover would shoot at their liberators.

There is one other thing though, people who hated him in the past may forgive and even come to embrace him if the American Occupation continues to make life harder for the average Iraqi than it was in the Saddam Era.

[JackSwift]

8. The BushReich thinking process

is that everyone thinks like they do, and if they don't then they can be cowed by being called traitors. Well in the mid-east, having the Bush Administration call you a traitor or some such is a badge of honor. The Junta is having a serious break with reality when they fail to recognize that most of the mid-east despise us, even if they aren't willing to take up arms against us.