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To: paul_philp who started this subject	4/16/2003 9:53:56 AM
From: paul_philp	of 143

How to Wage the Peace Improving on Saddam’s rule will be easy. (Hint: Don’t gas people.) But democracy will take hard work. Don’t believe oil riches will make it easier. And above all, don’t rush it By Fareed Zakaria NEWSWEEK msnbc.com April 21 issue — As American armies were sweeping through Iraq last week, the 101st Airborne Division went into the city of Najaf in the south, the heartland of Shiite Islam. A journalist from The New York Times stopped a waving bystander and asked him what he hoped the Americans would bring to Iraq. The man shouted out four words, one louder than the other. “Democracy,” he cried. “Whisky. And sexy.” Who says the American Dream has lost its appeal? IT WILL NOT take much effort to bring whisky and sex to Iraq—if indeed they ever left. But bringing democracy to a region that has not known it will be more complicated. With the war won, pundits and policy wonks—who are quickly replacing generals on television screens—have a new refrain: “Now comes the hard part.” In an important sense, this is wrong. It will not be difficult for America to make Iraq a better place than it was. The first step, disarming small bands of thugs, might involve bloodshed. The second, creating order, will require a much deeper American involvement in policing. It might take some time. But it is hardly insurmountable.

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