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To: one_less who wrote (2155)	7/9/2007 6:42:12 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4152

And who have never lived under another model. It could take three generations of stable democracy for hearts and minds to be totally convinced. Very good point. Look how long it took our own country to integrate the level of democracy we now enjoy.. We went from only male property owners having the right to vote, to freed slaves, and eventually women. And when a people have essentially been imprisoned (or been the prison guards) as they were by Saddam's regime (or any other totalitarian government), there is a definite reapportionment of civil power that must be dealt with. The "guards" must learn to acknowledge that the "inmates" now outnumber them and both sides must define the terms of reconciliation that will enable them to co-exist as one nation, rather than along their tribal, or religious divisions. I am encouraged that confronting Al Qai'da is now being seen as more of a unifying element in Iraqi society. It took awhile for the Sunnis to come around, but it seems to be finally happening. The question is what will happen when Al Qai'da is vanquished from Iraq (or at least neutralized) and the people have to then deal with their history of oppressor and oppressed. Hawk