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Originally posted by Azred:
It doesn't take education or access to the media to realize that life can be better than being brutalized by jack-booted thugs armed with machetes and AK-47s. [img]graemlins/beigesmilewinkgrin.gif[/img]
I never said "democracy", but that would be an improvement over what many of them have now.
The 1990s showed that it is possible to field an army of mercenaries capable of defeating a country's armed forces and that it could be done rather cost-effectively. That also lets you keep your hands clean. [img]graemlins/beigesmilewinkgrin.gif[/img]
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Imposing democracy does not seemed to have improved the lives of the Iraqis. They are still being brutalized by jack-booted thugs armed with machetes and AK-47s, just under a different banner.
The 1990s showed that a mercanery army will want power over the country they have been used to invade. Which is the lesser of the two evils, fanatical islam or communism? Whoever wins will have to be dealt with eventually, in this case they were dealt with by using the Northen Alliance (I assume you were referring to afghanistan) who, incidentally, also have an appaling human rights record. You'd think people would learn from their mistakes.