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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (132774)5/12/2004 8:59:29 PM
From: Dr. Id  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
It would appear that many people, if this thread is any indication, have no concept as to how to "drain the swamp" of those elements that have brought us the theo-ideology of Islamic militancy, or that there are going to be many entities who have no interest in permitting a democratic state be fostered in Iraq.

And if that turns out to be true, then we're going to pay for that timidity and lack of resolve somewhere down the road in next 10 years. And we're going to pay in a very big manner..

Hawk

Hawk,

What kind of democratic state are we installing when we don't allow the people of Iraq to choose their own leaders or form of government that they want? We will install OUR form of democracy (like we did in Guatemala, which has been unstable ever since) which won't be a democracy at all. We are already controlling their media (which isn't a very "democratic" thing to do).

As for the "timidity" of avoiding violence? Do you think that Gandhi and Martin Luther King were "timid"? There are ways to deal with problems and conflict which don't involve violence and invasion. And, those of us who oppose the war aren't necessarily against violence at any time. I myself see it as a last resort. I know that you will argue that that was the case with Iraq, but that just isn't true. And at some level, you know it.
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