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Originally Posted by zen_tom
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Yes, it has been fully and undeniably established that the situation is far from stable. Are you implying that Iraq needs to be abandoned at this definitive stage, that its time for the coalition to give up on the idea of forming some sort of democracy?
I think the Coalition owes it to the people of Iraq, and the rest of the world, to see this thing through.
Wasn't one of the bitterest complaints from the Iraqis after Gulf War 1 the fact that the Coalition didn't stay and finish the job they started? Did they not want to see Hussein gone? I think implicit in this desire to see him gone was a desire to be free from tyranny, violence and oppression. A desire to enjoy the benefits we in the West enjoy: of living in a modern, thriving, dignified, prosperous, open society. I think Bush gets carried away sometimes with his awkward 'Let Freedom Ring' diatribes, but really, aren't the foremost values - upon which the Western world has been built - self-validating and universal to people everywhere?