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3:Democracy is self-rule by the people. If it's forced from outside, it's not a Democracy. Besides, Democracy promotion wasn't even the original rationale for
by jivatmanx 13y ago
3:Democracy is self-rule by the people. If it's forced from outside, it's not a Democracy.
Besides, Democracy promotion wasn't even the original rationale for the war. That was "Saddam helped do 9/11". Then it was WMD. Only when those failed was Democracy promotion used as the final fallback rationale.
I'm not saying that Iraq cannot possibly be a legitimate Democracy, but it hasn't yet had the moment of national consensus that that real ones have had at their formation.
- comefrom20 13y agoWhile we're (sort of but not really) on the subject of 9/11: There's a very interesting video about 9/11 that every American really, really, really should watch put out by a group called Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth. "9/11: Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddz2mw2vaEg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddz2mw2vaEg