Whoops, in my reply, I'd snipped a bunch of stuff that Erik had said,
and to be fair, I think I ought to respond to all that he said in his
post. Here it is:
Erik Reuter wrote:
> That does not seem a good plan. For one thing, the grounds for attacking
> SA are less. They haven't violated a treaty is a biggie; they haven't
> invaded another country is another.
>
> Actually, a good strategy to start some change in SA is probably to help
> build Iraq into a democracy with a thriving economy. Iraq has a lot of
> oil that isn't being efficiently used. If it were, it would take away a
> lot of market power and money from Saudi Arabia. As Deborah pointed out
> some time ago, changes in Iraq could destabilize countries like Saudi
> Arabia.
I agree with you on the treaty/invasion part.
IF we can build Iraq into a democracy, it'll do a lot of good for a lot
of people in that part of the world in the long run. I'm just not
entirely sure of Bush-43's ability to get a democracy built. I'm hoping
he'll pleasantly surprise me on this one.
Julia
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