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This is purely 9-11 related. The Middle East needs to be changed, or there will be nuclear weapons detonated on American Soil in my life. That is especially disturbing because I live in Manhattan, and I live a short walk from the former World Trade Center. The motivation of the Bush administration to spread democracy is not born out "a white man's burden", which was a rather flippant and ignorant statement, but because there is no other credible means to transform the Middle East.
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The Iraq war has nothing to with 9-11. I'm sure you've probably read AEI paper about taking Saddam Hussein out. AEI staff are now also part of the Bush administration. Reform can not be from the outside. My sister worked across the streed from WTC, and I've seen many to many death in my life.
I too have seen death. I've been to Rwanda, DRC, Angola, Mozambique, and I've personally seen what war does. And these war was a proxy war between the so called "West" and the "Communist." There can never be reform being pushed from the outside. The local will never accept that reform. It must be from the inside. Also, Bush has talked about freedom, democracy, and human rights, well, he must also walk the walk by no longer supporting dictators such as Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan who is known to use the "War on Terror" to silent his opposition. We are stepping back, not forward as a war. In the past, human rights abuses were justified to fight the communist. Now, it's justified to fight terror. Then there is sending of suspects, many guilty by associaton such as MAher Arar, to countries which in one hand the adminstration critized (Syria) but then they gladly let them torture people. I can tell you that many people are cynical not because of words, but actions. Democracy is good, but it must be from the people, and not by guns. Democracy by guns are not sustainble. Democracy from the people are.