Re: OT:US don\'t qualify for EU membership, don\'t spank children, WW2 history.
The opportunity to bring a democratic form of government to Iraq (and, I would assume, it is hoped to spread throughout the rest of the Middle East with a little time) is the only arguement for the war that I've heard that didn't have some big holes in it. But I still don't think it was a good idea on an idealogical level. It's pretty much summed up in a quote I heard somewhere (I don't remember where I heard it):
"Democracy imposed from without is the highest form of tyranny."
Just something to think about. Our intentions are good, but I don't think for a second that the new "government" we set up will be much better than any that came before it, including the one it replaced.
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