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To: Dale Baker who wrote (1915)6/5/2003 6:13:49 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (3) of 20773
 
So what would you do if you had the *power*?
I think the only solution to the debacle of "winning" the war in Iraq, is to let the Iraqis decide what kind of government they want, even if it's not what the US wants (and of course it probably won't be). We can't very well stay there, and tell them they've got a democracy. Of course when we leave, they probably won't end up with a democracy. We might as well acknowledge that now- since we'll only look stupid and naive if we don't. This reminds me a lot of Elian- remember him? Freedom doesn't mean anything, if you don't have the freedom to make the decision that you don't want freedom. Even if it's a bad decision- real freedom is the power to make bad decisions. Anything else is just benevolent despotism (not something I, as an American, ever thought had much intrinsic value, since the cornerstone of freedom is the ability to control one's life- for good or ill. You'd think people who like to call themselves *patriots* would understand that- but they just don't get it.)
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