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...solutions emerging on the ground are obviously at odds with some of the rhetorical statements from Washington about the nature and fate of the insurgents, but they proceed from an immediate objective of restoring calm and a recognition that the insurgents, both Sunni and Shiite, may be more deeply rooted in their community than Bush administration officials had been comfortable acknowledging. And it was the administration, not the commanders on the ground, that made the June 30 handover a priority above all others. The requirements of making that deadline may increasingly be shaping the battlefield outcomes in Iraq...
...they aimed to do no more than bring afternoon tea or the metric system to those in less fortunate lands.) Stripped of all its justifications, imperialism means rule by someone else. In the 21st century, it is implausible to expect an occupied people will accept such a fate happily...
...Americans do not like the idea that their soldiers may be hated, believing-correctly-that U.S. military might has helped liberate millions of innocents. But gratitude for such generosity is often short-lived. People want to control their own fate. Of course, it makes sense for a nation like Iraq, emerging from a dictatorship, to seek help from others. Generous people-and none are more generous than Americans-will respond in kind. But the idea that, unasked, Americans or anyone else can go into a foreign land, turn it upside down, stick around, and then be thanked for their trouble...
...suspicion of spying. A pro-al-Sadr newspaper ran a picture last week of a man hanged by al-Sadr followers for "spying." Waving the photo, Muntadhar al-Khazali, 18, an al-Sadr loyalist, issued a threat to others: "Anyone who works against us, this will be their fate. We will never let Muqtada al-Sadr die. If America is such a great country, why doesn't it come and get him?" Perhaps because there's a reasonable chance that someone else will first. --By Simon Robinson/Baghdad. Reported by Hassan Fattah/Dubai and Meitham Jasim/Najaf
...expect to invade a country with a history of factional infighting, religious extremism and despotic rule and force democratic ideals on a people who, for the most part, see Americans as unwelcome occupiers? Perhaps it is time to admit our mistakes and let the Iraqis decide their fate. To remain in Iraq, using tit-for-tat retaliatory violence, only increases anti-American sentiment in the Middle East and elsewhere, and makes the world even more unsafe. FRANK BENSON St. George, Utah...