http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/conflicts/global_security/iraq_far_horizon Comments for "Iraq: a far horizon, Paul Rogers " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/conflicts/global_security/iraq_far_horizon#comment-437510 The current US presidential race is shaping up with both candidates willing to accept Prof Rogers theory. The log term occupation of Iraq and a strong military presence in the gulf region. Both Hillary and Rudy are aligned with what I call the vowel lobbies; Armament, Energy, Israel(actually the Jewish-American lobby), Oil, Unitary Executive(the Office of the Vice President) and sometimes the Yen or Yuan(the two currencies from the countries that are paying for America's blunder). Until we can remove these entities from the election process we are doomed to repeat our failures. Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:13:43 +0000 SamEllison comment 437510 at http://www.opendemocracy.net http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/conflicts/global_security/iraq_far_horizon <p> These are cautiously optimistic times for proponents of the United States military effort in Iraq. The &quot;surge&quot; is in its ninth month and on the surface is showing results sufficient to justify the claims of some in Washington - even beyond the community of true-believer neo-conservatives - that success is at last in sight. </p> <p class="pullquote_new"> Paul Rogers is professor of peace studies at Bradford University, northern England. He has been writing a <a href="/author/Paul_Rogers.jsp">weekly column</a> on global security on <strong>openDemocracy</strong> since 26 September 2001 </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/conflicts/global_security/iraq_far_horizon" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/conflicts/global_security/iraq_far_horizon">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/conflicts/global_security/iraq_far_horizon#comment conflicts Creative Commons normal global security Paul Rogers Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:31:50 +0100 34933 at http://www.opendemocracy.net