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To: TimF who wrote (5415)	12/9/2006 2:35:07 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (2) of 10087

Although I'm not the type that thinks 'all war is unnecessary' (if WWII was deemed unnecessary, the world would be a far different place), I don't think Iraq qualifies as 'preparing the soil'. The analogy is to preventing all forest fires - sometimes they're necessary for the health of the forest. Although I don't think that Saddam was necessary, maybe it was necessary for the Iraq people to get rid of him, just as we got rid of the redcoats. That way, people see democracy as both vital and fragile, and which must be properly nurtured. Maybe that's not possible with today's military technology, but tyrants have always held that edge. One of the myths is that the colonists rose up with their weapons to defeat the redcoats, but the reality was that most didn't have rifles, only small game guns, and had to be equipt. Democracy must be strived for and earned, and cannot thrive unless it is embraced.

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