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Originally posted by chodadog@Jun 22 2004, 09:39 AM
there really are quite valid and sensible arguements about the war in iraq on both sides of the debate.
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That's exactly what I think. Though right now I lean a little to the side of "that was a bad idea" it remains to be seen. If consensual government can take root in the Middle East there may be new hope that a currently lost civilization will join the ranks of the modern.
The US will be searching for a policy which reduces and maybe even ends international terrorism. There will be successes. There will be setbacks. There will be catastrophes. There will be moments of lost faith and other moments of great resolution. The very existence of US administrations will be bet on these policies - so great is the change which has effected our perception of the world. These policies will - as was true in the Cold War - mutate and bend according to what is learned.
Iraq is one of the greatest experiments in the history of politics. I hope western civilization wins.