Thread: The Iraq Effect
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Old 09-09-2003, 04:12 PM   #3 (permalink)
Zeld2.0
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Heh I hate to downplay things but a lot of those actions were already long in the process and were there before the war on Iraq was even mainstream.

BTW I would like people to realize that dictators *do* leave power over time - take Kadafi for example, he's ruled for 34 years. Look at the dictators in say Zaire, Haiti, Phillipines, and elsewhere that ruled within the last 20 years - popular uprising or other reasons can easily bring about democracy. It doesn't require the gun unless you want it to.

Anyways I find it ironic though that many many of these nations may end up being what people like to label as being anti-US democracies which would be very funny IMO.
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