That's fucking rich. "No military solution to Iraq" sez the General

From Times Online
March 08, 2007
No military solution to Iraq, warns new US commander

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1487615.ece

What the fuck.

So the top US military commander in Iraq just pronounced "There needs to be a political aspect."

So what the fuck has these guys been doing for the last several years?

Now, I understand that this guy (and all of his predecessors) has a hard job. They are trying to set up Democracy™ after all.

To quote The Prince:

[T]here is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new. This coolness arises partly from fear of the opponents, who have the laws on their side, and partly from the incredulity of men, who do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them.
Thus it happens that whenever those who are hostile have the opportunity to attack they do it like partisans, whilst the others defend lukewarmly, in such wise that the prince is endangered along with them.

Machiavelli advocates that a lot of arm-forcing is neccessary:

... the nature of the people is variable, and whilst it is easy to persuade them, it is difficult to fix them in that persuasion. And thus it is necessary to take such measures that, when they believe no longer, it may be possible to make them believe by force.

But co-opting the existing elements should always be a top priority. After all:

[t]here are three courses for those who wish to hold them: the first is to ruin them, the next is to reside there in person, the third is to permit them to live under their own laws, drawing a tribute, and establishing within it an oligarchy which will keep it friendly to you. Because such a government, being created by the prince, knows that it cannot stand without his friendship and interest, and does its utmost to support him; and therefore he who would keep a city accustomed to freedom will hold it more easily by the means of its own citizens than in any other way.

Now US wants to get out ASAP and Iraqi oilfields are too important to destroy.
So they let the Iraqis "rule" themselves. When some kind of economic stability returns to Iraq, they will "decide" rationally, like every country in the world, to buy T-bills and help fund US supremacy all around the world. It works for China, Japan, Russia, and Germany.

Where the fuck is the CIA?
These guys have been installing puppet dictators around the world for years. They have the experience to pacify promoting democracy and stability in around the world and to ensure that natural resources are dirt-cheap for the US and her allies economic prosperity for the free world.

Given the multi-polar dynamics in Iraq, a round table of Iraq oligarchy should've been gathered years ago, and each one bought off. American "friendship and interest" should have been extended to Sadr and SCIRI.

If these guys wanted to occupy a country, why can't they do it right?