Nice dream. Might come true one day as well. And I agree with you that it will be really nice when it happens.
The one little problem is that until it does, you guys are in deep trouble. Half of your military power is tied up, you have pissed off pretty much all your traditional allies so that even collaboration against terrorism is suspect. You are now officially in occupation of a Muslim country, which must be Bin Ladin's wet dream. US is more isolated and more detested than ever before, and while you may not care about this on a personal level, you have to admit it makes your efforts towards national security more difficult, international collaboration on fighting terrorist threats nearly impossible, and facilitates recruitment of terrorists in the Muslim world. I am not even going into the rationality of spending a couple of hundred billion dollars on another country, while yours is going through such economic troubles.
So yes, it will be great if one day Iraq becomes the shining beacon of democracy in the Middle East. Some generations afterwards, if coupled with a Palestinian state brokered by the US, resentment of the US might even subside. Until then, be wary of loud noises, suspicious looking characters with arms, and bags under your seat. |
