Polls close in Iraq

[sugarpop]

So we get the credit for everything? Here is a huge problem I have observed, we treat the Iraqi people like children. After we invaded, instead of allowing them to decide for themselves what they wanted, and given them some control over what happened in their own country (like hiring Iraqi contractors and workers instead of Halliburton and American workers, or giving them control over the governance of their people), we had to take control of every aspect of what went on, because we thought they couldn't be trusted to do what we thought they should. That is our shortcoming, I believe. We underestimate people and don't give them credit. I'd be willing to bet they could have accomplished more than we have over the past 6 years, in a much shorter period of time (and for a LOT less money), if only we had trusted them.