Regardless of what I may think of the idea, the democratization of Iraq has been a very long-term neocon goal. You can read about it from nearly 10 years ago on the newamericancentury.org website.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> > wrote: > > The leadership of the USA consciously chose to kill to prempt > greater > > killing in the future. Trying to accomplish the near impossible in > the > > middle east, a functioning representative democracy. I think that > this > > was seem as the 'least evil' solution to an intractable problem. As > > far as perpetuating violence: there was and is plenty to go around. > > The US goal is to diminish it. The Islamofascist goals are to > topple > > major economies and political systems thru violence and terror. If > you > > can't turn the killer into a peace lover, do you kill him or let > him > > continue to kill? > > > > JohnY > > > Dude, drink the Kool-aid! > > This story that the US was always planning to foment democracy in > the Middle East only surfaced after the Bush crowd was caught lying > about the original justification for their mass killing; WMDs. > > Not only has the violent external imposition of democracy NEVER > worked before, it's a truly pathetic substitution for coherent > diplomacy, coupled with enforced economic sanctions. > > Without fail, every time the US has meddled underhandedly in the > political affairs of another country, it has backfired on us. As it > has now again. I just read the responses of Sens. McCain and Biden > on the situation in Iraq. A complete failure. > > Your demonizing of the Islamic world is interesting- another piece > of revisionist propaganda by the Bush machine. As I said earlier, > when you cage people and poke sharp sticks at them, as we have done > to Iraq, then when they lash out in anger, it is easy to use that as > justification for your initial wrong actions. Police use this > occasionally to justify killing someone. > > There are adherents in the Islamic world who are every bit as > radical as the Christian fundamentalists. Ironically they are now > finding fertile ground for violently forwarding their agenda- > something that was not possible before we declared war on them, at > least not in a unified way. > > Just as we are now using the violent response to our Sin as further > justification to escalate our warring, so are the Islamic radicals > using our warring as justification for their continued violent > response against us. > > And I totally understand that what the US is doing militarily is > seen as an intelligent response from the standpoint of the ignorance > of waking state consciousness. Unfortunately, long term it will only > culture further violence against the US, and is doomed to failure > and further suffering. Very stupid policy. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
