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Originally posted by Vick@Apr 7 2004, 08:14 PM
Where is the difference between treating post-Saddam Iraq like post-Hitler Germany and American occupation?
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the support of the overwhelming majority of the people. one united people (not 3-4 major islamic groups with 1000's of years of killing each other). the lack of a religion that demands you die killing the enemy. a society based on a religion that demands that non believers be killed and that their presence on thier land is the ultimate sin. the desire of the German people to rebuild and rejoin the european and world community, exhaustion of years of war and devistation and lives lost, the horror of a nation realizing what crimes the Nazis perpetrated etc etc etc.
the two cannot possibly compare in any way. the list of differences is impossibly long.
you cannot instill democracy in a place that does not want it. you cannot control a murderous mob by democracy. you can only do it the way Saddam did, Stalin did, Hitler did and other similar powers.
i think the whole issue of invading Iraq was a horrible mistake and i fear that the near future (1-2 years of struggle and loss of life) will prove that to be an undeniable fact.
Last edited by JR at Apr 7 2004, 09:17 PM