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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (133085)5/15/2004 7:08:39 PM
From: cnyndwllr  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
But I still don't hear whether you're WILLING to help them...

I always ask myself what decision I'd make if there were a good chance my child could die depending on my choice.

Given that point of view, when it comes to "helping" them, I may see things differently than Bush does.

The possibility that a majority of Iraqis might "want" democracy doesn't mean much if those who want some other type of system are willing to fight for it and those who want democracy are not.

I think you can help those who are willing to help themselves. The fact is that those Iraqis who say they "want" democracy have done damn little to show they want it enough to fight for it. The picture gets even worse when you recognize that they are passively supporting or tolerating the insurgency by not only failing to fight the insurgents; they're not even willing in most instances to give us "intelligence" on who and where they are. That tells you, at the least, that they aren't willing to fight for our "help" in "giving" them democracy and, additionally, that they may not be willing to fight for democracy on their own.

Do I want to spend our fortune and send our young to die for those people? What do you think?

A strong minority is often far stronger than a weak majority, especially when the strong minority is willing to fight for its views and the weak majority is not.

That's a reality that the Bush Administration should have figured out long ago. From some of your posts it appears that you similarly do not, or will not, recognize that truth.
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