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US army did great on the battlefield in Iraq, where there were real targets. However after "the war" Bush made a major mistake (IMHO) not getting the whole of EU to help with rebuilding Iraq and install Democracy. Why was this important? Well - there are MILLIONS of refugees from Iraq in Europe - they all hate Saddam, they all have families in Iraq, and they all understand western culture to some degree.

EU would benefit greatly from a democratic Iraq, because it could send home refugees, which would save money and make the right wing movement in Europe less powerful. EU would probably have spend billions in Iraq - not only by rebuilding infrastructure, but also by giving direct economic help to refugees returning home. This money would create jobs, and stability. And with refugees returning home to Iraq, then real links to the rest of the world would be established - and not like today when some Mullah is the only person with "connections".

Now today most Iraqis still think that getting rid of Saddam was a good thing, however like all people then their "basic" needs (food, housing, security, jobs, electricity etc.) come before any "idealistic" ideas (religion, politics, democracy, freedom etc.). The western democratic world should have massively supported these basic needs, then Iragis would have time to take care of the more idealistic needs. Instead Mullahs are giving these basic needs to people, and western politicians are throwing away valuable
time talking about, if there were any WMD or Terror connection in Iraq, when they should talk about how to solve basic problems in Iraq.

We got Mullahs one side backed by one of the poorest nations in the world (Iran), and we got the riches part of the world (the west) who should have been massively investing in Iraq, but instead they are using their time talking about unimportant things.

I understand why some of you think the Mullahs are winning, when we are not even talking about the real issue... the future of Iraq.

Should we leave them to the faith of Mullahs, or should we give them Democracry (and yes, people in Iraq want democracy - not a Taliban ruled goverment).