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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
I hardly think you could call Iraq a democracy prior to our invasion. But I also fail to see how bombing the crap out of people will make them more of a democracy.
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I was talking about Iran. The United States overthrew the democratically elected government of Iran, thus "breaking" Iran. I was applying that to the principle Loq has about having to fix something one has broken.
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Originally Posted by loquitur
what's inconsistent about it? just because we have bases doesn't mean we treat every problem as a military one.
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What about Iran is so significantly different than Iraq that we're somehow absolved of your responsibility of "fixing" it?