Bearable Bob: I used to call it "Jurassic Iraq" to make the analogy of the central precept of the movie Jurassic Park which is you think you can control and predict factors and contain the possible extreme damage of chaos and natural disorder. But, as in the movie, it's a false belief. The neocons through it would be a cakewalk. Hugs and candy and flowers and parades in Baghdad. But the Velociraptors had babies. The predators got busy. Fareed tends to be of the former "Iraq the Model" camp of delusions and he's trying to hang onto keeping the Velociraptors behind the electric fence. But boy, those suckers can jump.

DFO: Of course (head slap), we forgot to figure in the "chaos theory." Actually, I like this post very much. Not only is it creative, but it might be closer to the truth that war supporters want to admit. Not sure who Fareed is, in this instance. But I know that Iraq the Model is a blog from Iraq that has been on the U.S. side since the beginning of the war. Compelling read, Bob.

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