Suddham Hussein is dead
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Originally Posted by harofreak00
Originally Posted by Hans
Originally Posted by sonoma_zr2
http://one.revver.com/watch/130549
this came from a witness'* cell phone
this came from a witness'* cell phone
Not working right now....
hanging FTW!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Ryan
I think it is more likely to plunge the country further into civil war as opposed to taming the insurgency.
Partitioning the country into three chunks is probably the only way to end it. It has always been three ethnic areas for centuries. "Iraq" as a nation was the artificial creation of the British under the post WWI mandate. Before that, it was strictly tribal area under the Ottoman-Turk empire. (As was Persia..now known as Iran.)
I have been expressing the opinion from day one that once we kicked over that ant-hill, we were under no obligation to stay and help them sort it out. I admit that this is a very old-school and harsh way of looking at it, but it'* a pretty harsh world. As a nation, we have got to stop trying to recreate the Marshall Plan everywhere we go. Just because it worked in Europe and Japan after WWII does not mean it will work everywhere. Democracy cannot be imposed on a group by force of arms, they have to want it in the first place.
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Originally Posted by clm2112
I have been expressing the opinion from day one that once we kicked over that ant-hill, we were under no obligation to stay and help them sort it out. I admit that this is a very old-school and harsh way of looking at it, but it'* a pretty harsh world. As a nation, we have got to stop trying to recreate the Marshall Plan everywhere we go. Just because it worked in Europe and Japan after WWII does not mean it will work everywhere. Democracy cannot be imposed on a group by force of arms, they have to want it in the first place.
I do agree that democracy is not something to be realized overnight, and that it is not the job of US forces to bring about its rise (nor are they capable of it). However, due mostly in part to US intervention, Iraq is in a state of civil war (to a varying degree, depending on your definition), and you think that there is no responsibility required in this situation? The fact of the matter is that a complete withdrawal now would plunge the state (whether it should exist as a state or not) and its people into a horrendous reality, with little chance of recovering.
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We already went into Iraq and left, prematurely, years ago. It clearly didn't do any good then. A lot of the hatred towards the US in this war stemmed from our previous abandonment of Iraq. While I don't completely agree with this war in the least bit, we (Bush) started it. Leaving after we "disturbed the ant-hill" would be pretty irresponsible.
Just my own opinion.
Just my own opinion.