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To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (15073)1/5/2005 4:18:27 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER   of 20773
 
Re: You can be against the war in Iraq and still see that what the US is trying to do is plant the seed of democracy in the center of a region with hopes it will flourish and spread to the countries around Iraq. Now their style of Government may be none of our business but I can understand the benefits to not having dictators sitting on a large percentage of the global energy.

Don't mistake "democratization" for "Zionization" --clue:

Paul Wolfowitz, chief architect of this war has been quoted as saying: "If we're not true to our principles, we're not serving our national interest." He believes that war on Iraq will engender more democracy in the Middle East and "the tendency toward successful representative self-government works for the benefit of the United States." ("First Stop Iraq," Time Magazine, 3.31.03) It's difficult to see how the reputedly brilliant Wolfowitz can actually believe this rubbish since everybody knows that a democratic Middle East would work against Israel's interests. Perhaps such talk is the way policy makers convince themselves of the justice of their cause. But in any event it should be clear that the Bush war policy is not a rational solution to the problem of scarce and valuable resources and has little to do with real world problem solving. Rather it is an ideological and messianic vision of pursuing a permanent war agenda by way of destroying Israel's enemies.

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