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Gee, the United States did it without being forced to by anyone. France helped us out, but only AFTER we'd decided we wanted it for ourselves. And we've lasted more than 200 years, because WE chose to do it. By contrast, how's that forced democracy doin' in Vietnam? 
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Vietnam's economy is stronger than Pakistan's, and almost equal to the Phillipines. Not bad for such a tiny country.
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I do not believe in blood for oil. I do not believe enriching Exxon is worth the lives of our troops and their citizens.
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If peace and security were to be guaranteed for the next 250 years, would the sacrifice be worth it?
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Perhaps, but he hasn't now has he?
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That's all I'm saying. If the administration had gone to the trouble to explain the geo-politics of the situation, he would enjoy more support in the States, and possibly the rest of ther world. The fact that he didn't shouldn't presuppose that it's was the wrong thing to do.
Thank you. Can we sticky this?
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And Bush is not successful, and he's not seeking honest trade relations. He's seeking the annihilation of a sovereign nation and he's seeking the rebuilding of that nation in his image. That's not free trade, that's a war crime.
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America isn't annihilating Iraq, it's helping to rebuild it. In my opinion, it's being pretty goddamn nice about it, too. If America was tasked with anhiliating something in the Middle East, it would overrun everything between Cairo and Tehran with a three-million-strong conscript occupation force.
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And I believe that those rich countries have a responsibility to let other cultures develop as they will unless those cultures ASK for help.
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I don't understand this: You agree that America should not stand neutral, yet you choose to bind it's moral initiative to those who ask for help. But the problem is, how can you help a country that is silenced by its leader?
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Fine by me...some cultures don't WANT democracy.
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At the risk of sounding like Bush, I'll just say this: 8 million people proved you wrong back in January. Your implication is that Fascism is the preferred ideology for some. I would say Communism/Fascism is for ants, not thinking, feeling human beings.