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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (188017)	6/2/2006 12:46:11 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

"It can only hope to put a uniform on them." Your presumptions and declarations are not reality. In fact, more and more they are looking like an uninformed arrogance that seeks to contradict reality. We don't know the future yet and the whole thing could collapse under the weight of radical religious extremism, extremes of tribal loyalty, political extremism, extreme ethnic racism, the lack of ability for Iraqis to adapt to the dramatic cultural changes needed, etc. There are many many many arguments that can be made as to why and how the effort to offer liberal democracy to this region of the world could fail...all with merit. Informed people who express hope for the Iraqi people to have liberty and justice under an autonomous government of the people understand the merits of those arguments. The other thing that you seem so opposed to, that also has merit, is that honorable human beings have taken a stand against the brutal tyranny of extremism and ignorance. It is a struggle not a cake walk and noble people have more and more embraced it. Why is it that you identify so often with the ignorant extremists and so rarely with those standing nobly for the liberty and justice of a democracy? I could answer that question for you btw but I would appreciate seeing your justification for this conduct.