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To: LindyBill who wrote (35454)	7/31/2002 11:06:45 AM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Make up your mind, Bill. What are you for, Hashemite restoration or democracy? They're not the same thing, by most measures. Of course, an installation of the CIA constructed Chalabi/INC expat operation wouldn't exactly count as "democracy" by most conventional definitions either, but nevermind.

To: LindyBill who wrote (35454)	7/31/2002 12:00:52 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 281500

The left Historians are all over "41" for not kicking out Saddam and putting in a Democracy. Now the left thinks that "43" is just "blowing smoke" about trying to install a Democracy in Iraq. Which "left" historian do you have in mind, Bill?

To: LindyBill who wrote (35454)	7/31/2002 9:27:11 PM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 281500

Now the left thinks that "43" is just "blowing smoke" about trying to install a Democracy in Iraq. We did a damn good job of putting one in for Japan and Germany. I don't know why it is so unthinkable that we could not be successful in Iraq. Or is it that the left thinks "43" doesn't want a democracy in Iraq for some reason? I was thinking of listing some of the differences between Iraq and Japan or Germany, but didn't want to write a book. Think about it. The situations are not even remotely analogous.