see, that's the comic book version, We are there because we were stupid enough to think we could get away with it and too arrogant to listen to people who knew better. And we can bleed endlessly in Iraq trying to defend that mistake.
And by the way, your version does not account for the reason originally given. But you know that really, deep down, I suspect. Dana On 1/13/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Because no one else will. Because we value democracy and we want to see it > thrive. We must demonstrate to the Arab and Muslim world that we believe in > democracy, even if that means and Arab Muslim democracy much different than > our own. > > Had Iraqis never been able to hold elections or form a government, we would > not still be in Iraq. But they did both- against a backdrop of brutal > violence. Should we now abandon them when they have come so far? Should we > now abandon the very roots of Arab democracy? Such a move would be > short-sighted and self-defeating. Just as we have used our military might > and diplomatic efforts to defend Israel, so must we now defend Iraq. > > On 1/13/07, Dana wrote: > > > > You tell me, Robert. Why are we fighting in Iraq? > > > > > you will understand why we are fighting in Iraq. > > > > > > -- > --------------- > Robert Munn > www.funkymojo.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224643 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
