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Paul Bremer, the head of the ?US/Iraq Reconstruction Authority?, a damned good man, is still pursuing an early turnover of Iraq?s Government to a civilian (?) authority! ?Splendid idea, if that is how it works out - peacefully!??

Today, however, also saw a massive purge of some 30,000 members of Hussein?s Baath Party. Individuals who apparently clung to power even after the collapse of the Iraqi military regime!

So how many of these ?Baath Party Suckers? are still there, hiding under a camel, waiting to again subvert the new government? And how much support for ?Hussein?s Holdouts?, as well as external pressure, will be forthcoming from Iran and other ?Die Hard Middle Eastern Despot Mongers?? And even if this never comes to pass, will other creeps similar to Hussein or bin Laden emerge to do to Iraq (again) what the likes of Castro did to Cuba, or Ho did to Vietnam!?

?No way? says you! ?Are you sure of that? says I?

Should we not make damned sure this time around, as there could very well be a round three in the region! If not in Iraq, then how about Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, or maybe even the Philippines?

?Damned, I hope not, but like Teddy Roosevelt once said - ?Always carry a big stick!! (The bigger the better!!)

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