This was part of the plan when invading Iraq. The only problem is we're fumbling badly when we should be supporting.
. On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:53 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > I need someone smarter than me to help put what is going on into some sort > of perspective/historical context. > > The successful Egypt revolution has prompted demonstrations in a host of > other countries. > > So....what do you guys think? I mean, is this the kind of grassroots demand > for democracy and freedom that the West was long hoping would come to > fruition in countries where dictators had long held their people hostage? Or > is this something much less grand? Is it just a spoke in the history of the > region, or a genuine start of change that will be felt for ever more? Will > freedom and democracy really take root...is that really what the people are > fighting for....or will chaos ultimately be replaced by even more > oppression, such as what happened in Afghanistan with the Taliban? > > A large part of me is rooting for every single one of these groups of > protesters in places like Iran, Bahrain, Yemen.....but...are they really the > good guys? > > I just don't know... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:334410 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
