Re-lidding Pandora's Box

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Which brings us to Iraq. If I am not mistaken some Iraqis are calling for the release of Saddam Hussein on the ground that (being gassed here with lung gas) the lid needs to be clamped down again on Pandora's Box. They have a point.

It seems to me that if we were to negotiate a deal with Saddam for oil in exchange for the money to rehabilitate Iraq (about another 500 billion dollars) we could reinstate Saddam as president of Iraq. Such a move would allow us to draw down our troops over the next five or ten years to the point where we would be in a position to deal with other threats like North Korea and Iran.

I applaud the idea.

Let's face it: we fucked up. We removed the lid from Pandorah's (eheh) box and now we are paying the price. We need to correct our error. We need to restore Saddam to power and promptly saddle him with the job for which he has proved over time to be so adept. We need to get the fuck out of Iraq and hang it all on Saddam Hussein. Again.