I love how the left tries to spin things. Iraq is a country the size of California. Hide something somewhere in California and see how long it takes to find it if you ever can. Taking out Hussein was the right path to take. I know liberals will never agree with this but force is the only thing brutal dictators understand. If you think leaving Hussein in power and appeasing him would have been a better strategy you are living in a dream world. We sent a very powerful message to the world by taking over Iraq. That message is "Don't fuck with us".
The US has a role in the world no country has ever had before. We are the lone superpower so we get blamed for everything and get credit for nothing. Personally I could care less what the French or Germans think of us. We will do what needs to be done to protect our interests. And yes, in the case of Iraq it is oil. There are equally brutal dictators in Africa but you won't see our troops there any time soon. Why? We really don't need sand that bad.
Do I sound cruel and heartless? Maybe I am. I understand the dynamics going on in the world and our role in it. If I was president (like that would ever happen) I would have made the exact same choices in regards to Afghanistan and Iraq.
A stable democracy in Iraq will do an immense amount of good in terms of stabilizing the region. Qatar is already on it's way to democracy. Add Iraq to the equation and you have a formula for empowering the Middle East. Even Iran is starting to become a modern society. Once freedom takes hold in these countries it will be tough to stop.
I guess my whole point in this long diatribe is that the reason terrorists exist is because of EXTREME poverty that is mainly caused by the people that run these countries. Once people have economic opportunity it removes much of the incentive to strap a pile of C4 to yourself and blow up some Israeli's.
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