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To: Elroy who wrote (53652)	4/10/2003 4:41:42 PM
From: cheryl williamson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

The British "installed" democracy in Iraq around 1932. However, you need to not change the subject. Your original point had to do with "wars of liberation" being an adequate pretext for invading a sovereign nation. My original point was that that was fortunately not a sufficient excuse anymore. You, however, in a supreme expression of hypocrisy have stated that wars of liberation are still sufficient cause for military invasion "except" in cases you deem unnecessary of liberation, such as the case of Saudi Arabia (home of Al-Queda). Either you apply your standard equally to all examples of dictatorial, tyrannical, or genocidal excess, or you conclude that "liberating people for their own good (according to what I think is best for them)" is an antediluvian idea that exited with 19th-century colonialism. Believe it or not there were plenty of nuts running around this country back in the 1950's who wanted to "nuke Russia" to "liberate the Russians from the oppression of Communism" so that we could "institute democracy in Russia". Thank God none of those vermin found their way into political power. There is no room in the 21st century for this "empire building" attitude.