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Originally posted by Shortfuse
Not True at all. Russia overcame these problems. The French Revolution is another one. Haiti when they threw out the French is a example. You can also look at the peaceful resistence of the Indians under Ghandi and to a certian degree Black America's struggles here in the states. Eastern Europe breaking away from communism. Apartheid.
Sooner or later governments who treat their people wrong will fall. The people get tired of it and the saying "It's better to die on your feet then live on your knees" begins to mean something to the people. I'm sure Saddam would have gotten his sooner or later. How did we know that other Middle Eastern countries weren't tiring of his antics? I felt like Iraq wasn't our business in the first place.
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Yea I know it does work without outside influence or involvement, but what's wrong with a little help sometimes? Yea, it's their country and they should be mature enough to solve their own problems. And of course, we are not perfect therefore we shouldn't be telling others what to do. However, some basic things like oppressing women, executing random groups people for crazy religious laws, all these seem like harsh living conditions and need to be stopped immediately.
As for Iraq, that's another topic. Plus the GC lurkers are looking for another reason to bash America for not finding weapons, so I don't want to divert this thread. Radical Islam seems to prey on innocent people and influence the weak. They managed to turn Afghanistan into their personal little playground of destruction. Saving that country was the least we could do.