Saddam Hussein created a cult of personality and a fanatic following in the Baath Party, much like Hitler created a cult of personality and a fanatic following in the Nazi Party. Saddam used a combination of chauvinism, nationalism, and (later) Sunni Islam to rally support among his followers, much like Hitler.
Iraq entered a war of aggression with a neighbor (Iran), invaded a weaker neighbor (Kuwait) and threatened one of our strategic allies (Saudi Arabia) in the region. Saddam pursued a course of oppression and genocide against minorities in Iraq. He pursued WMDs, including nuclear weapons, for years. In short, Iraq under Saddam was a criminal state that would have caused far more havoc in the region had the U.S. not intervened. Now, Iraq is a fragile country that needs help to survive and prosper as a free place. Does it suck that it falls to the United States to bear the brunt of the cost, both financial and human, for this task? Of course it sucks. But who else is there to oppose the forces of tyranny? Great props go to our allies who have contributed to the cause, but the primary burden has fallen to us, as it has for most of the last fifty years. If we don't help, Iraq is effectively doomed to slide into chaos or to become a fractured state in the hands of the Kurds in the north, Al Qaeda in the west, and Iran n the south. On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 5:15 AM, G Money wrote: > That's awesome...it really is....but the only similarities between 1950's > era Japan and Germany, and 2000's era Iraq...is that the countries all > have > an "a" in their name. > > The differences are so profound, that while the broad aspect of your > premise > is good (stay and create a stable democracy like we have in the past), the > devil is certainly in the details (Iraq is NOTHING like those countries, > and > previous success is not indicative of future results). > > Can't we help Iraq become a stable democracy without sacrificing our > soldiers in what amounts to intermittent acts of civil disobedience? Our > soldiers are policing another country's domestic crime, and I just think > that sucks. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258648 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
