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To: GST who wrote (121757)	12/17/2003 5:08:10 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The happiness of Iraqis is not the number one issue facing the world. If left to their own devices, it is impossible to say what Iraqis will do or what will make them happy So, even if the vast majority of Iraqis think that our invasion was a good thing and that we did liberate them from Saddam (as polls show they do), it still doesn't count? For whose benefit, exactly, are you protesting? Not the Iraqis', clearly. Most likely the country will show signs of disintegrating and the divisions will grow sharper and possibly more violent in the power struggle that almost inevitably awaits them in the future. You sound almost hopeful. But let's suppose the worst happens, and Iraq stabilizes into some form of government vastly more free and equitable than it was under Saddam. (It would really be hard to find any form less free or less equitable than Saddam's regime.) Would you still disapprove of the enterprise, just because the US didn't invade with pure hands, a clean heart, and no ulterior motives?