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in the middle of the night and said "Tell any ten year old the problem, ask the answer and do what the kid says". He was talking about Iraq. "A real kid would say 'Their two biggest gangs got together to kill the americans. They just got to get the rest to join, look after the Kurds and do what they want. And it wont be no democratic government.'"
"The kids right you know." the deadman said "Only the yanks could get the Shites and Sunnis to agree to something, even if it is to kill them. All the yanks have to to do is hold the fort, urge them, with the help of the UN, to agree with the other tribes, make peace with the kurds and form a stable government. It'll be fundamentalist. They've never had a democratic government and dont want one. The yanks can pull it off if they accept that. They will have solved the problem they made and can say they left Iraq with a better government. They will be heroes. Bush, Blair and Howard will be re-elected..............shit, the fookin kid must be from texas."
He opened a midnight can of VB and stayed upright thinking.
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