Who gives a shit if Iraq becomes a democracy?

[BlueStater]

Would it still of been worth all those dead soldiers? Their lives would still have been wasted in a pointless distraction that had nothing to do with September 11th. Iraq becoming a democracy, whatever the hell Bushlickers think that is, doesn't change that.

Sometimes, the daily bullshit Bushlickers fling at us just gets to be too much for me and I have to lash out.

[uppityperson]

1. WMDs, Saddam, Etc

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. I doubt the average everyday working class repuke cares. It isn't about that for them.

It's about standing behind their president, no matter what.

[silverweb]

3. They don't mean real "democracy."

That just a buzz word for the psyops at home.

What BushCorp/PNAC wants is a stable, "in control" government that is friendly to U.S. interests -- in other words, one that gives U.S. corporations control of Iraq's resources and extends U.S. hegemony.

The will of the Iraqi people, aka "democracy," doesn't even enter the equation.

[blues90]

4. I doubt if it was ever their intent to have a democracy

As you know you can't bomb a country into a democracy . Iraq never asked to become one . First we starved them for 12 years and then we attacked them and it was all for their oil . We know they had nothing to do with 9/11 if we had any sense at all .

Now they will never be a democracy and even though Saddam was a madman hanging him solved nothing and many Iraqis would rather have him back , too late for this .

You don;t build huge permanent bases to build anything other than a bunch of control centers for oil contractor protection .

[bdamomma]

10. I too believe it was never for promoting democracy

that was just another lie to add to all the other lies they spewed up.

[SoFlaJet]

5. thank you...great title to the thread BlueStater

you know who cares? Bill Kristol Joe LIEberman you know the Neo-cons

[Cant trust em]

6. I'd love for Iraq to become a democracy

If I could snap my fingers and give all of those people adequate political representation, I'd do it. I guess the better analogy would be if the Iraqis could snap their fingers and give themselves political representation I'd love that more. Democracies don't get developed over night. It takes a lot of rocking back and forth before the breakthrough happens.

[Patsy Stone]

7. They were not going to engage in nation building

remember?

[Ilsa]

11. That's what he* said during the 2000 debates. nt

[rhiannon55]

8. Not to mention all those dead Iraqis

I'm sure they'd choose life over Bushit's "democracy".

[madokie]

9. I want them to have democracy if they want it after we have one ourselves

or better yet after we get ours back, we've lost it for now.

[and-justice-for-all]

12. Its not up to us, its up to the Iraqis...

Regardless of what WE want, the decision is theirs and theirs alone.

[TahitiNut]

13. It's fruitless and misguided to care more than the people themselves.

People have to WANT to have a democracy ... and they have to want it enough to fight to GET it and fight to KEEP it. It's not a spectator sport. It requires participation. When a nation leaves it to others and pretends that their opinion as spectators matters, they don't deserve it. We don't deserve it.

Forcing a 'democracy' on a nation is like forcing 'love' on a woman ... it's rape.