These guys don't remember the Marshall plan apparently. Robert Munn wrote: > Saddam Hussein created a cult of personality and a fanatic following in the > Baath Party, much like Hitler created a cult of personality and a fanatic > following in the Nazi Party. Saddam used a combination of chauvinism, > nationalism, and (later) Sunni Islam to rally support among his followers, > much like Hitler. > > Iraq entered a war of aggression with a neighbor (Iran), invaded a weaker > neighbor (Kuwait) and threatened one of our strategic allies (Saudi Arabia) > in the region. Saddam pursued a course of oppression and genocide against > minorities in Iraq. He pursued WMDs, including nuclear weapons, for years. > > In short, Iraq under Saddam was a criminal state that would have caused far > more havoc in the region had the U.S. not intervened. > > Now, Iraq is a fragile country that needs help to survive and prosper as a > free place. Does it suck that it falls to the United States to bear the > brunt of the cost, both financial and human, for this task? Of course it > sucks. But who else is there to oppose the forces of tyranny? Great props > go to our allies who have contributed to the cause, but the primary burden > has fallen to us, as it has for most of the last fifty years. If we don't > help, Iraq is effectively doomed to slide into chaos or to become a > fractured state in the hands of the Kurds in the north, Al Qaeda in the > west, and Iran n the south. > > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 5:15 AM, G Money wrote: > >> That's awesome...it really is....but the only similarities between 1950's >> era Japan and Germany, and 2000's era Iraq...is that the countries all >> have >> an "a" in their name. >> >> The differences are so profound, that while the broad aspect of your >> premise >> is good (stay and create a stable democracy like we have in the past), the >> devil is certainly in the details (Iraq is NOTHING like those countries, >> and >> previous success is not indicative of future results). >> >> Can't we help Iraq become a stable democracy without sacrificing our >> soldiers in what amounts to intermittent acts of civil disobedience? Our >> soldiers are policing another country's domestic crime, and I just think >> that sucks. >> >> > > >
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