[Cyrus]

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The number one enemy in Iraq is Zarqawi and his organization, Al Queda in Iraq.

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How can one respond to such an assertion, to such a gross generalisation, without calling its source names, such as "ignorant" or "close-minded"?

Ah well. One can attempt, perhaps, to respond by putting forth questions:

- Is a foreign, terrorist organisation able to be as successful as the Iraqi insurgency is so far, without significant assistance from the local, Iraqi civilian population?

- If a significant number of Iraqi civilians are assisting the insurgents, does it not follow that a significant number of Iraqi civilians are taking the step from offering logistics support to actively participating in operations?

- When, in History, has a foreign-led and foreign-instigated rebellion/insurgency been successful without the active and massive participation of the local civilian population?

- If what you assert is true, then capturing Zarqawi would strike a lethal blow to the insurgency ?

One could go on. But then one would waste Sunday.

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The actual cost in American lives to remove Saddam from power was extremely small. Its the cost of trying to establish a free, stable and democratic Iraq that is actually proving to be very high.

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May I remind you that removing Saddam was only one part of the "American Plan"?

Care to tell us how you would rate the success, so far, of the whole Plan?

But, possibly, you prefer announcements like this one: "And now, the latest from Astrodome: Houston 7."