To: cnyndwllr who wrote (221783 ) 3/1/2007 1:11:18 AM From: Elroy Respond to Don't you think that when a nation decides to play God and use its military might to force "regime change," it has SOME responsibility to look ahead and understand the "something in Iraq society" that might actually cause things to end up exponentially worse than before? There might have been some clues too, don't you think? Those are just some of the facts you'll have to account for if you want to convince reasonable people that we can absolve the Administration of any responsibility for betting the farm on this sucker bet on the rationale that once we've given people "newfound freedom," whatever bad things ensue can be considered to be their fault. The US is certainly not forcing any Iraqi teenager to strap explosives on his chest and kill other random Iraqis on a street corner. Iraqis are not inherent violent criminals, they are not rabid dogs, and they are not mindless drone controlled by CETNCOM. They are human beings in control of themselves, just as you are a human being in control of yourself. What is about removing all the institutions of another nation's government and declaring them free while you occupy their nation, patrol their streets with guns, patrol their skies with attack helicopters and bombers and buy up their politicians with billions of dollars of cash that you think will allow us to lay the blame for the failure of "democracy in Iraq" on them? And, more importantly, what is it about the "something in Iraq society [that makes them kill each other]" that we can change in order to "win" in Iraq? And where does that lead us? Because if WE can't change THAT, don't you think we ought to declare defeat and get the hell out instead of sending more of our soldiers to kill, bleed and die there?
