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Originally posted by DeltAlum
I can't buy in to the thought that Saddam staying in power is the best thing for Iraq in any senario.
I do wish we could have figured out some way to remove him without this war. I think that would have been possible. The war was sold to us for all the wrong reasons in my opinion, IF the real reason for it was to overthrow a murderous dictator.
One thing I thought we learned in the Vietnam Conflict is that some societies simply aren't ready for democracy. It appears that Iraq may be one of them.
Having said that, I don't believe that this is the right time for a total US pullout. The lives, money and resources we've spent there would almost certainly be wasted -- as was the case in Southeast Asia if we were to do that at this point.
We've put ourselves in a very uncomfortable position.
Again.
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How would it be possible to remove him? The entire world was propping him up.
You're right about some societies not being ready for Democracy. It is some stupid notion that Democracy is everyone's right. In general, the right to live is forgotten by many of us because we believe in all these wonderful "Freedoms". These people are nothing more than a bunch of morons that will kill if there are cartoons they don't like - I do not think they have any right whatsoever to govern over themselves or others.
I think now is the perfect time for a pullout. We should encourage them to just kill each other and get the hell out. Maybe we can even sell all the poor citizens handguns.
-Rudey