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Originally posted by Azred:
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Originally posted by Chewbacca:
President Bush has just recently started being honest with his rhetoric of 'democracising' the middle east. The neo-cons that make up his administration have been pushing for that since the end of gulf war I.
WMDs and The war on terror was simple and effective fear-mongering propoganda.
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I think history has shown clearly enough that a democratic form of government is the most stable. Why would any rational person not want this to happen? [/QUOTE]correct me if i'm wrong, chewbacca, but i think your point is that Bush and his administration lied to the american people to make it happen.
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Originally posted by Azred:
Even if the "liberator" mentality falls apart as you say it does, how could it be wrong to protect national interests?
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well, normally when one "protects" they are "defending". this was an unprovoked act of agression... and that's exactly why bush and co lied to the american people - they needed the people to believe there was provocation, else they couldnt execute the grand plan of "democrisation".
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Originally posted by Azred:
...the real reason that no one can seem to bring about any sort of lasting peace in the Middle East is because no one there really wants peace, they want victory.
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absolutely agree with you there. i cant see how an american invasion has achieved anything other than throwing fuel on the fire, though.