God Bless the Iraqis: Their sense of humor is still intact

[beachmom]

Just read this post by The Kid, who actually is rather pro-American. Which means he's a liberal, which represents about 5% of the population (a little perspective). He's also Sunni. So with that in mind, first the joke, then his solution to the Iraq problem (warning: it involves us staying forever, I think):

http://ejectiraqikkk.blogspot.com/2006/11/solution-298-reanimation.html

I really think that in terms of at-hand stabilization, nobody can do it like Saddam, the running joke is that: "Saddam once said to prison ward, you know, if they'd let me get back at that chair for one hour I'd whip this country into shape."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah. 55 minutes to wash up, shave and wear new clothes, and 5 minutes to appear on TV."

Then his prescription (my answer to him would be to hand him a visa to America -- much cheaper than keeping our troops there):

Of course, There is a way of resurrecting part of Saddam's psychological advantage, perhaps by killing him, to eliminate any chance of his return, then reconcilling the remaining Baathists with some promises and installing a regime with Baathist traces that will not abuse Shiites, but uses the same brute force against everyone, with loyalty to Americans alone. So what if we are loyal to America? It's better than being loyal to al-Qaeda, Saddam, or any given Ayatollah - I wanna do the funky dance and eat my junk food, man. an Allawi-led regime could work to this advantage, given that many Iraqis now ironically remember his brief era as the rosy part of the post-invasion period.

Basically, this sounds like Kissenger pragmatism, no? Put in our stooge and stabalize the country who will swear allegiance to us. It may have worked during the cold war, but it won't now. Anyone have embassy connections for these America loving Iraqis? 'Cause what he's talking about ain't gonna happen.