It's hard to have high hopes for Iraqis when you look around at their neighbors.
I briefly listened to BIll O'Reilly's radio show today and he apologized for not doing his "homework" on Iraqis and for being ignorantly optimistic after the invasion.
It's like SU said, it's really completely unfair for us to somehow expect the Iraqis to rise up and create a democracy. As if this is a science kit you buy at the back of a magazine, that can be whipped out and completed in 10 minutes.
There have been many media reports of things getting better. Yet why does every conservative complain that there are no media reports saying things are getting better? It's bizarre.
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