Originally Posted by shakran

Tell that to the mom/sister/wife/kid of the dead soldier.

It's easy to sit back in your computer chair and preach to us that freedom is priceless. It becomes very different when you or a loved one has to go over there and put his life on the line for a lie.

And if freedom is so priceless, why did we go after Iraq first? There are plenty of dictators out there that make Saddam look like Mr. Rogers. Why aren't we going after them first?

The simple answer is that Bush & Co. didn't give a crap about democratizing Iraq. That just became an excuse once their WMD fabrications were exposed for the lies they were.

It is not our job to overthrow all the world's governments. It is hypocritical of us to force people to have a democratic government. The sooner we start concentrating on our problems and stop trying to meddle with everyone else's the better off we, and the rest of the world, will be.