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Iraq is among the most "westernized" nation in the middle east.
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Thats true, but that still doesn'tm ake it a western nation. there was also time when the Iran was very "westernized". And the same religious tendecies that took over Iran can be seen now in Iraq.
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Every country has internal conflicts and all countries, when going through a rebuilding process, have internal threats to stability.
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sure, but when the become violent it becomes harde to take over control again.
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The transition from war to peace in Germany and elsewhere was far from easy, just as the changes in Afghanistan and Iraq will be far from easy.
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True, but the attempts in the recent past are making me a bit pessimistic. To see back to Kosovo: the situation there is not what I would call peaceful and stable or "democratic", but noone cares anymore about that it seems, there are new nations to be "liberated" and when the US decide that they are finished with "nationbuilding" they will leave and the media attantion will also be gone. and then anything could ahppen in iraq and noone would care. ..
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Last edited by Pacifier; 02-19-2004 at 08:16 AM..
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