ravings of a semi-sane madwoman

wow what a thought! to leave it up to the people of the country to THINK FOR THEMSELVES. wow again, what a FRESH THOUGHT!

UK troops will leave Iraq before insurgency ends, says Reid
Richard Norton-Taylor Wednesday February 8, 2006
Guardian British troops will not wait for the end of the insurgency before leaving Iraq and there will be "significantly fewer" in the country by next year, John Reid, the defence secretary, said last night.
He made it clear that it was ultimately up to the Iraqis to look after themselves.
"Our purpose has never been to create a mirror image of our own nation," he said in a speech to the Foreign Press Association in London. It was not for Britain to decide how Iraq should look. "Our purpose has been to give Iraqis the tools to build the kind of nation they want."
He added that there was confusion about how people imagined Iraq would look when Britain cut its 8,500-strong force. "Our key task is not ... to defeat the insurgency ranged against Iraq. It is to ensure that Iraqis have the ability to do that."..........