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[cmutt]

(O)peration
(I)raqi
(L)iberation

We certainly aren't making any effort to free other countries around the globe from opressive dictators. Sadaam was certainly an evil man (that we propped up and sold weapons to; another great Reagan legacy), but it all comes back to: why them/him and why now? This administration WENT OUT OF IT'S WAY to make a case for war against Iraq. The country is largely a desert. We've already conquered the place. Every day we are there, the situation deteriorates and we are associated with it's decline and with it's occupation (as opposed to liberation). Why the reluctance to the UN? It's simple: Iraq has oil.

The idea that democracy will flourish in the region with Iraq as the seed is lunacy. After the destruction and the torture, you really think ANY sane person within a 5 country radius will even consider what we are pushing? Far from it: our actions have hurt any chance at democracy. We've done nothing but validate the basic concept of "US = evil". Bush's actions have bred a new generation of anti-Americanism that will prove fertile soil upon which terrorism can grow. American will undoubtably be more unsafe for future generations.