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Originally Posted by notoldschool
Care to explain how my anology doesnt corelate? The Iraq people may have never lived here but they sure as hell are revolting against an intruding country, who chose a pre emptive strike on their people, while trying to push their will and beliefs on them by force. Just like the British did our forefathers. We revolted and won because we had our own belief of how things should be. Sounds kind of similiar.
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a. the vast majority of the people in Iraq would have revolted if they could have. But the requirements for that today are far different than they were back in the day when all you needed was a gun (which practically every household would have had)... In fact, after the first war, they were ready to but the US left them high and dry.
b. the vast majority of the people in Iraq aren't fighting the US and they want to be more democratic and free.
So please.. explain to me how the US revolutionary war is in any way proof that Iraq will never be democratic..
The Romans subjugated many countries and radically changed the way they worked. Egypt, India, Pakistan etc. are all countries that were "pushed" into their democratic type governements by the rule of England. There have been plenty of problems (the US itself had its own civil war after all) but they are all improving and moving forward.. There was almost 100 years between US independence and the US civil war.. These countries haven't had their "independence" for very long in comparison so it should be expected that they will have their ups and downs. As I said, it will take a long time and plenty of money.