Whoah. . .Well, indefinately is the closest ballpark estimate I can manage. It really does depend upon how soon we can impliment a medical and education infrastructure, because once those are present, the seeds for insurrection will be well and truly planted. We won't be "needed" any longer. They, unlike the Philippines, did not seek our support, and will be bucking against it within a few years - signs of barely reigned tension are already showing, like a rope fraying towards destruction, and it will come slapping back at us.
My contention wasn't that Iraq and the Philippines are similar, they are not, and even a monkey like Bush should realize that - I was only defending the integrity of history as it has been revealed to me
