alt.politics.republicans

"Governor Swill" < @ > wrote in message
news:d5hle39l4c9sls7dfdp5h655en9u7pc4f0@ ...
> On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:25:49 -0400, "Scruffy McScruffovitch"
> wrote:
>
>>> He's all excited about the good news that the US seems to be co-opting
>>> the Sunnis. Too bad the most prominent of them was assassinated
>>> yesterday.
>>>
>>> Swill
>>
>>Yep, I read about that. Additionally, they have to realize that the only
>>reason that the Sunnis are aligning themselves with the US is to eject
>>Al-Qaeda. If they are successful in doing so, I'd place $ and give
>>you 10 to 1 odds that the Sunni's turn right back to killing . GI's.
>
> There's also the Saudi connection. Last December they told Cheney
> they would support the Sunnis if the US withdrew "precipitously". Now
> the US is making hay with that same group. Obviously the point here
> is to empower an anti Iranian government in Iraq.
>
> But didn't we go there to get rid of one of those?
>

Yep, we already had a perfectly good anti-Iranian government installed in
there. I think that's what we'll end up doing eventually anyway. We'll
have to install another Sunni strongman, arm him to the teeth, and then hope
he stays on our side.