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To: GST who wrote (195557)	8/7/2006 11:13:45 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

So help me to be clear -- is the US "extreme", because we are certainly taking the position as a nation that "force is the only means by which they can coerce others into holding to their beliefs". Obviously you can't read. Go back to my post and find where I discussed the "other means" that were ACTIVELY PURSUED in a failed attempt to obtain Saddam's compliance in abiding by the terms of the cease-fire that permitted him to remain in power after his invasion of Kuwait was defeated. As for going to war to "spread democracy".. NO. That would be extreme. But to do so AFTER a conflict such as the overthrow of Saddam?? It's plainly obvious that we have an obligation to TRY and foster the creation of a democratic process there. It what we did after the defeat of Germany and Japan, and it's the right thing to do in Iraq. Unless, of course, we wish to share your particular adversity towards enabling people to live under a democratic system. Why do you hate democracy so much?? Hawk