I think the theory that the Bush administration is running on is that by using Iraq as an example, they were the most powerful arab nation after all, they will eventually gain compliance. It kind of worked with Lybia, until Khaddafi (sp?) was exposed to have actually helped fund assassination attempts on the Saudi Royal family.
Speaking of the Saudi's, its only recently that Saudi Arabia has given amnesty to terrorists. Exactly why they would choose now to do so, well I have no idea.
Myself, I'm going to hold off all judgements on how this entire senario was handled for another year and see how the turnover of the governement goes. That afterall, will be the true test of whether or not this whole grand idea was even worth it.
On a side note, some good news coming out of Iraq:
5,000 new small and large Iraqi owned businesses have registered in Iraq since April of last year*
The unemployment rate has dropped from over 70% to under 25% in the past year. While thats not great for American standards, its pretty damn good for a country that was just overthrown and occupied.*
*These numbers are from the mouth of the Head of Economic Development in Iraq. Let the doubt and paranoid conspiracy theories begin...
