If you ask me to speculate, I can wonder into many scenarios, some of which don't match your descriptions. Evolution of societies has taken many unexpected forms. Could you guess that an evolved nation like ours would regress to the point where its president advocates religious non sense like intelligent design as a science in its schools?
The point should be that the administration declared "mission accomplished" weeks after the invasion. Iraq was to become the model of the ME, tranform the region, pay for itself, be the friend of the USA, blah, blah, blah....
Think about the avalanche of lies and mistakes that are Iraq today. If you have a stake in it, like a dead son (Shehaan), at best you grieve and demonstrate to a heartless bastard of a president, at worst you might want to kill something...even if you don't have a direct familial stake in it, you should be enraged that the country is mired in this mess.
None of the above answers the question I posed - will Iraq be better or worse than 20 more years of Saddam followed by 20 years of Uday? If it becomes better than that, then it was a worthwhile effort. In deciding what actions to take one HAS TO speculate, how else can you decide what to do?
As far as the administrations lies and your objections to GB, I generally agree. I don't like him either. But we get to have an election in 2008 and get a new leader, good for us. |
