I disagree, Sultan, I think "hearts and minds" or a version thereof is laudible. Regardless of the reasons to go to war (questionable at best), I think we owe it to Iraqis to "explainify" democracy and self-government, as well as true freedom, in a way to make it accessible to them. Not everything in life is dictated by "do I have running water" (though that, too, is important). It is the ideal of self-determination we need to instill in the people of Iraq, and some inherently "get it" and some don't, as a dictator is all they've (some of them) known.
Caveat: I did not read all the links, but I promise I will.
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