In a message dated 8/1/07 12:59:29 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > Well, I really don't blame you for contradicting yourself here. It is > embarrassing to admit you want our country to fail in it's efforts to bring a > functioning Democracy to a troubled part of the world. Your only concern is for > us to get out and say we accomplished nothing. Perhaps you think a full scale > retreat and defeat along with feeling of guilt would be of more benefit to > the United States and the world than a full scale victory of leaving Iraq with > a reconciled functioning democratic government that is capable of > maintaining it's own security. > if democracy results there tomorrow, I am all for it and I will laud your praises as the prescient one among us. However, if it doesn't occur tomorrow, I will feel sadness for those who continue to die for this "grand experiment". Won't you??:-) It's a shame that even one person died, but if it, the current war effort, succeeds, it could be a catalyst to create a much needed change for many nations in that region to be as prosperous and peaceful as we see in European democracies. It won't come cheap but will be worth it in the long run. Your problem is not that you want it tomorrow, you wanted it yesterday without the work. Patience and perseverance are virtues and a few years of hard work and sacrifices are nothing in the scheme of things when you are talking about changing the way people in a large part of the world have lived for centuries, if not millennia. Grand experiments such as this usually do cost lives but are usually well worth it in the future. The other alternative is to leave them alone and let them stew in their own misery and take out their frustrations on anyone not like them. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
