Comments on: A political posting http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2008/03/29/a-political-posting/ XML and the Web. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jack http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2008/03/29/a-political-posting/#comment-33986 Jack Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:21:29 +0000 http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2008/03/29/a-political-posting/#comment-33986 Obama has the right strategy. What you do is you tell Iraqi politicians that if they want to keep their power and prerogatives after June 2009 (16 months after Jan 09), they will have to start taking responsibility (political, economic, military, security) for their country now. You tell them that the freebies (particularly bodyguards from Blackwater) and blank check from american tax payers will stop in June 2009. Obama has the right strategy. What you do is you tell Iraqi politicians that if they want to keep their power and prerogatives after June 2009 (16 months after Jan 09), they will have to start taking responsibility (political, economic, military, security) for their country now.

You tell them that the freebies (particularly bodyguards from Blackwater) and blank check from american tax payers will stop in June 2009.

]]> By: Jason Yip http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2008/03/29/a-political-posting/#comment-33983 Jason Yip Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:51:45 +0000 http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2008/03/29/a-political-posting/#comment-33983 It probably starts with asking "What would happen if we just up and left?" and then working your way from there. It's not about intelligence and intentions so much as being disciplined about fully understanding the situation, countermeasures and trade-offs. Status quo is always easier and yet has no guarantee of being better. It probably starts with asking “What would happen if we just up and left?” and then working your way from there.

It’s not about intelligence and intentions so much as being disciplined about fully understanding the situation, countermeasures and trade-offs. Status quo is always easier and yet has no guarantee of being better.

]]>