Comments on: A political posting https://quoderat.megginson.com/2008/03/29/a-political-posting/ Open information and technology. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:21:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jack https://quoderat.megginson.com/2008/03/29/a-political-posting/#comment-1063 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:21:29 +0000 http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2008/03/29/a-political-posting/#comment-1063 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 https://quoderat.megginson.com/2008/03/29/a-political-posting/#comment-1062 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:51:45 +0000 http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2008/03/29/a-political-posting/#comment-1062 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.

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