FLASHBACK 2: JANUARY 1, 2003

I posted the following warning on January 1, 2003

A WARNING!

[So, plus ca change...]

The United States, for its part, would do well to recall that adage, too: for Iraq has always balanced Iranian power, in a way the United States couldn't. Iraq has sacrificed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives, and unlimited billions of dollars, to balance Iranian power. Is the United States up to that task? Doubtful. Tampering with Iraqi governance therefore shoud be done with utmost care, not with a zeal adapted from exiled Iraqi generals, who left their home-country with millions of dollars to their name, and who had executed the Iraqi President's policies with faith and dedication.