Go back to Bob Kerrey's piece. We won the war to oust Saddam Hussein and create a democracy in Iraq. Now we are fighting the war to defend that new, fragile democracy from a host of enemies internal and external. What are we gaining? An ideological ally in the Arab world- our first. If Iraq survives as a democracy, I believe we could well see Jordan following suit with more openness in government. Iraq, Lebanon, and Jordan become a block of moderate countries with pro-American governments. They isolate Syria, effectively cutting it off from its allies. They begin to exert pressure on both Shiite Iran and Sunni (Wahabbi) Saudi Arabia to change their ways.
Wahabbis, Al Qaeda, Shiite theocrats and other extremists will never accept a world in which they co-exist in peace with other faiths. The very core of their belief systems prohibit a "live and let live" mentality. We can never be lulled into thinking that we can make peace with these people. They have to moderate their views or we will be fighting them for decades to come. On 5/24/07, Jerry J wrote: > > The problem I have is: there is no plan to win. > > What good does it do to half-heartedly fight forever? > > What exactly are we gaining, again? > > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235564 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
